Contrasts are wonderful things helping to clarify that which was previously unclear — or obfuscated. Here is one example that might have led to confusion until the media thankfully cleared it up.
Way back in history there was an event — you may have heard of it — called the asifah held in Citi Field to address the challenges of technological intrusions in our lives. Before it even took place the Wall Street Journal reported that the event had “drawn a series of sharp attacks” including “for its cost criticized as extravagant at a time when many families are struggling.” Then while the asifah was in progress a few score individuals gathered nearby in a protest whose motto was that “the Internet is not the problem” — whatever that means.
Competing for attention with this group was another one 15 or so individuals upstanding citizens all dressed as — and grunting like — cavemen. No really. It was an effort you see to point up how pre-modern all those silly folks at Citi Field were. Many if not most media reports reported on the first protest and some did so about the latter one too. A few of these reports even granted roughly the same coverage to these as to the unprecedented gathering of between forty and fifty thousand people at two stadiums with impeccable decorum for a discussion of serious communal challenges.
As it happens a mere fortnight later another major gathering took place in theNew YorkJewish community: the Israel Day Parade inManhattan. I have no figures on its cost but it’s fair to assume that with its tens of thousands of marchers and scores of floats it too cost a few dollars.
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