Posted by Lou Pilder on March 1, 2007, at 6:25:41 [reposted on March 25, 2007, at 5:23:27 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Lou's request to AM for clarification-cnfusn » Lou Pilder, posted by AuntieMel on February 27, 2007, at 10:51:39
> It was as a deputy and a poster.
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> You are correct. Any remark that denegrates someone else is unacceptable even if it is stated as an opinion.
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> I wasn't clear about that. I was meaning "positive" comments, as in "this is the truth" should be able to be discussed as opinion or belief, not as fact.AM,
You wrote,[...It was as a deputy...You (Lou) are correct. Any remark that denegrates someone else is unacceptable even if it is stated as an opinion.."This is the truth" should be able to be discussed as ..a belief...].
I am unsure as to what you mean by your reply to me here about {the truth}. The rules for the forum state that uncivil posts should not be posted and that prefacing them with {I believe} does not make an uncivil statement civil. If a statement has the potential to lead one to feel put down, then as to if the poster believes it or not could still lead another to feel put down. In fact, if one states that they believe it, could that not impound the feeling of inferiority (put down) that one could feel by reading a statement that could have the potential to lead another to feel put down? The statement was asked to be rephrased as a condition for the poster to continue posting. Does that not mean that one could think that the original statement was unacceptable here, for if it was acceptable, it would not be needed to be rephrased?
The statement in question here could have various interpretations. Some of those interpretations have been used historically in state-sponsored antisemitism.
In the statement in question, there is a conjunction conjoining two statements. And the second statement uses the {came by} which is the past tense of {come} which could mean {after}.
Now gramatically, one could think that the first statement's content was not there untill {after} (came by) the second statement joined by the conjunction {but}.
As a Jew, I feel inferior (put down) when I read the statement in question because of what the grammatical structure of the statement could purport.
As to what you mean by "This is the truth", could you expound upon that some more to give more clarification of what you mean by that and redirect this to the administrative board? If you could then I could have the oportunity to respond accordingly.
Lou
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