[Avodah] radical honesty?

[Marty Bluke]

From: Joel Rich <joelirarich at gmail.com>
> Attributed to rav mendel shafran who is a posek in bnei brak ? ? some
> radical honesty:
...
>> And the reason that most of the gdolim do not use this (tcheilet)is not
>> because they doubt the truth of the matter, but rather because in the last
>> two hundred years there has been established an internal feeling that we
>> don't change things even if according to the strict hlacha one should have
>> instituted them or changed them, and this is as a defense against
>> destroyers who try to change and adapt.(halacha?)

I think this is absolutely correct. IMHO the charedi objection to army
service is in a similar category. It is very clear that there is no real
halachic exemption for yeshiva students, the real reason is that they don't
want to change anything and they are afraid of what will happen if boys do
go to the army.