By analogy, this article applies to Rabbi Michael Broyde and Josh Orlian too (and many others). A video or photo only shows us one moment that has been recorded and displayed for us to see. But a person is not defined by a moment in time or a series of events. People are much more complex and have millions of interactions throughout their lives where they act virtuously or at least non-violently. Those events are not recorded and shared across the universe. The thin slice of their lives that we do see is skewed to the extreme negative behavior that becomes newsworthy. Observed in isolation, these events come to define the person – even though we know no single incident can really define anyone. My latest for Haaretz about sins and forgiveness in the digital era.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:37:38 +0000
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