Please don't take HN threads into religious flamewar. That's the last thing we need here.
This is totally irrelevant to the discussion here - you're referring [in a rather toxic way] to ultra-Orthodoxy. My experience has been that ultra-Orthodox Jews are far less interested in and aware of the "thousand edge cases" since they prefer to stay far away from the proverbial 'edge'.
> is called a destructive totalitarian sect
no it is not, it is called that only by those who does not follow (and which these same rules does not make a difference in their lives) and for some reason feel entitled to be offended for others
I like rules
No. It wasn't this crazy until the end of WWII.
Religious community that regulates every detail of day to day life is called a destructive totalitarian sect.