Posted by Lou Pilder on February 28, 2014, at 22:05:08
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by Dr. Bob on February 28, 2014, at 19:40:47
> > Moving on could mean that we leave the issue here of that the anti-Semitic statements in the post are allowed to stand by you, un repudiated by you, allowed to be seen as being good for this community as a whole by you, allowed to be seen as supportive by you, allowed to be seen as that the statements that put down Jews in the post are conducive to the civic harmony and welfare of this community by you. Allowed to be seen to stand by you even though your rules say that anti-Semitic statements are not in accordance with the rule to not post anything that could put down those of other faiths by you.
> > By you allowing the anti-Semitic statements to be seen by you in this manner, Jews could be depicted here by you allowing the statements to be seen as not against your rules, by a subset of readers as being allowed to be insulted and humiliated and ridiculed. This could induce the thinking in a subset of readers to inflict harm to Jews here and outside of this forum, for they could think that anti-Semitism is supportive and will be good for their community as a whole as it is in your community since you state that you do what in your thinking will be good for this community as a whole.
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> Yes, moving on could mean that for a subset of readers. My guess is the probability of that is low. How about if we move on?
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> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote that you are guessing that the probability of what could happen by you allowing the anti-Semitism in the post to stand un repudiated by you, could be "low".
The chances of something happening as a result by the nature of readers seeing that you are allowing antisemitic statements to be seen as supportive and civil, can not be ruled out according to what you wrote here as that the chances are "low". But even with low probability of something happening as a result of antisemitism posted un repudiated by you here is "low", that does not justify allowing anti-Semitism to be seen as supportive here by the nature that you state that if something is not sanctioned, it is not against your rules. This is because you have stated that one match could start a forest fire so that you do not wait to sanction a statement that could put down or accuse another, and the probability of if something could happen as being low, is not in your rules to allow statements that could put down Jews, which are anti-Semitic statements. This is further stated by you that it is your thinking that if something is not supportive, that it should not be posted, for being supportive takes precedence.
But it is much more than that. You also state that even a small statement can lead one to feel put down or accused and that posters are to be civil at all times.
You say that you used guessing to write that the chances are small. This could mean to a subset of readers that you do not really know. But if you agree that a subset of readers could see the anti-Semitism unsanctioned by you and your deputies of record, that they could think that you are validating the hatred toward the Jews that the anti-Semitic statements could foster, then I say to you that you do know that at least there could be some readers to think that you are ratifying the insults to the Jews, and I do not think that those readers have to guess about that. For here is a reason why.
Lou Pilder
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20101201/msgs/973909.html
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