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<DIV><A href="http://mishmar.blogspot.com/2006/08/centrism-and-extremism.html"
eudora="autourl"><BR><BR></A>As the Chazon Ish (Iggeros Chazon Ish 3:61), in a
letter which is all but the antithesis of Centrism, put it:<BR><BR><BR><BR>The
Beinonius which has the right of existence, is the attribute of the Beinonim who
love extremism and strive for it with all of the will of their soul, <B>and they
educate their descendants to the apex of extremism. </B>But how pathetic is the
Beinonius which has contempt for extremism. The obligation of our Chinuch is to
extremism! The armory of Chinuch is, to plant contempt and disgust for those who
mock extremism."<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP></DIV>
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<P></X-SIGSEP>Yitzchok Levine <SPAN class=698235111-24042007><FONT
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<P><SPAN class=698235111-24042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Might it just
be that HKB"H created us all differently and some resonate to the extremist
position while others don't and that it's a case of eilu veilu and we need to
be self aware of our own psyches and empathetic to see how others view the
world?<BR><BR>KT<BR>Joel Rich</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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