Posted by Lou Pilder on February 17, 2014, at 13:21:11
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by Dr. Bob on February 16, 2014, at 22:26:59
> > The poster offers links and it is the last link offered as John 5. The verses that put down Jews that I would like for you to post a repudiation are in particular but not limited to:
> > verses 18,23,38,and 42
> > http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20051105/msgs/656322.html
>
> Yes, those verses are there, but the specific one she was linking to was verse 39.
>
> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...but the specific one she was linking to was verse 39...].
That does not annul the fact that the other verses that put down Jews, which are anti-Semitic statements, show to the reader. And in the one, it insults Islamic people also and others that do not accept the claim concerning the son.
The verses that show are in the link and whatever is in a link is directly to the text. Your rule states not to post a link that has anti-Semitic statements in it, *period*. A subset of readers could think that you used the word {period} to show that there is not an exception to your posted prohibition to not post a link that has anti-Semitic statements in it.
If the poster wanted to only post to verse 39, they could have posted only 39. I think that there could be a subset of Jewish and other readers that see that the other verses could foster anti-Semitic feelings and arouse hatred toward the Jews, and feel put down when they read them, for I feel put down when I read them. And your rule is to not post anything that could lead one to feel put down or accused or jump to a conclusion about others and to be sensitive to the feelings of others {even if you are quoting someone else}, even if the statements are in the bible, and not put down those of other faiths, for being supportive takes precedence.
You say that one match could start a forest fire, and you are correct in that. And you say that you do not wait to put out the fire. As long as those verses that could foster antisemitic feelings are standing un repudiated by you, the fire of hate could still spread. This is because what is not sanctioned is considered by you that the statements in the unsanctioned post are not breaking your rules. And statements that do not break the rules could be considered to be supportive by you because you state that being supportive takes precedence. This is how historically a way for anti-Semitism could be fostered in a community. Your prohibitions to me prevent me from posting about that here so that I can not post my own repudiation to what the statements in question could purport.
What the verses that I have asked for you to post a repudiation to here, in that a subset of readers could think that they are anti-Semitic and not supportive and are not in accordance to your rule to not post anything that could put down those of other faiths, if not repudiated could allow all other posters to post links with anti-Semitic content in then when your rule is to not post links that have anything in them that are not in accordance with your rules because what is in the link is directly to the text. By you leaving the statements in this post in question post un repudiated, a subset of readers such as Jewish children, could feel humiliation and ridicule and think that the forum allows the fostering of anti-Semitism. And worse, they could also think that you are orchestrating the hatred toward the Jews that could be seen in the depiction of the Jews in the verses in question, by saying that the poster was linking to only one verse in the passage that was posted in its entirety. I do not think that immunizes the statements in question as supportive or that they will be good for this community as a whole. But you are using that tactic that others historically have used to arouse hatred toward the Jews by allowing third-party posters to have impunity to post anti-Semitic statements.
Never again.
Lou Pilder
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