talk<\/a>, he says: “One of them is a new computer from a grateful talmid (student). One thing I learned from the computer is what’s very interesting the comments that people blog in. Some of them are absolute idiocy. Some of them are half-wits. Some of them specialize in cursing and maladdicting. It’s amazing that in the computer, there isn’t automatic censorship. Why do I have to see terrible language blogged in to some article? Some of the comments are unbelievably insightful.”<\/p>\nI find it interesting that the first thing the rabbi does with his new computer is to search the web for his own name. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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