{"id":17354,"date":"2023-05-11T05:14:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17354"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T12:45:16","slug":"stinky-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17354","title":{"rendered":"Stinky fish"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you like stinky fish, you would probably like kippers. <\/p>\n

Personally, I like stinky fish. And, I love kippers. (For the record, I understand the Canadian Sardine Mackerel and Herring Association would prefer that we use the more politically correct term: “full flavoured fish”.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you haven’t tried kippers – and it isn’t easy to find a place that serves them – let me describe them for you. Take a herring, a member of the clupea harengus stinkus<\/em> family, and butterfly it. Then, make it smellier by smoking it. As a final touch, to add that extra bit of pungency, fry it. Serve the fried kippers on the side with eggs, a bagel and a slice of tomato and cucumber, and that is what I would call a perfect breakfast. <\/p>\n

I used to meet a friend and colleague, Brian Gordon (z”l), at Kiva’s on Steeles Avenue<\/a> monthly. We would catch up, kvetch, and frankly, we would solve all the world’s problems, if only we were put in charge.<\/p>\n

My wife won’t allow fish to be cooked in the house because of the smell. But, she regularly joins me at Kiva’s for breakfast, demonstrating a most extreme level of matrimonial devotion.<\/p>\n

And that brings us to today’s theme, tolerating that which you find offensive.<\/p>\n

Numerous times, I refer to<\/a> the views expressed so eloquently in Aaron Sorkin’s “The American President”: <\/p>\n

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"You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours."https:\/\/t.co\/XAlrcUIyyb<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mark Goldberg (@Mark_Goldberg) January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n