Posted by Lou Pilder on September 4, 2006, at 20:08:24 [reposted on September 16, 2006, at 9:25:22 | original URL]
In reply to My point exactly, posted by finelinebob on September 4, 2006, at 19:22:50
Friends,
It is written here,[...when does a statement become an accusation...?]
Well, an accusation is charging someone with an offense or to blame someone for such.
But in this forum, there is a much more extended definition of what an accusation is. This extended definition is gathered by collecting different post in the past-practice here.
There is also another definition here for an accusation. That is if the statement {could lead someone to [feel] accused}.
And then there is Dr. Hsiung's statement that evn if you are quoting someone else, that does not mean that it is allowed to be civil.
Then Dr. Hsiung on the admin board has said in particular that the statement in question is an accusation toward Jews.
Even not saying who the person is, could be an accusation, for there could be people here that the accusation could be directed to without writing the name of the person.
An accusation has a target, usually, and generally has the potential to arrouse ill-will toward the accused.
There are some accusations that have the potential to be racially sterotyping or are racial epithets. There are accusations also that have the potential to be of racial hatred.
Is the question here as to if the accusation in question can be considered to be civil?
Lou Pilder
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