As Nassim Taleb describes so accurately in his book “Antifragile“. We have discussed this before (in the title).
A hilarious demonstration in Hamodia’s old economics column courtesy of Pinchas Landau (Nisan 5775).
Read and be amazed:
כזכור, תחילה העלו בבלוג “בעולמם” מכתב ע”ש הרב שמעון שפירא זצ”ל מתנצל לאותו האיש א. ברלנד ימ”ש וזכרו על מלחמתו בו, שפורסם בדיוק לאחר פטירתו, כשאין החי יכול להכחיש.
וזאת אע”פ שבלוג “בעולמם” כבר פרסם הרבה דברים נגד הרשע ברלנד!
ובכן, פניתי להנהלת הבלוג כמה פעמים והוכחתי להם “ברחל בתך הקטנה” שהכל שקר וכזב, ואין למכתב האסופי שום משמעות, אבל הם עדיין מסרבים להסיר את הכתבה השקרית והמכשילה את הרבים.
שרא להו מרא!
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