Yeganeh was the inspiration for Yev Kassem, a character first portrayed by Larry Thomas in a 1995 Seinfeld episode
who was known for making customers
follow strict rules to order or risk being turned away with his forceful cry: «No soup for you!»
The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind
rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those
who «give excessive importance to certain
rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial
rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain
rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a
strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by
following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»
That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by
strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates
who opt in and
follow further fundraising
rules.