Posted by Lou Pilder on February 26, 2007, at 15:04:45 [reposted on February 26, 2007, at 17:44:10 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Please Rephrase - how about this? » madeline, posted by AuntieMel on February 26, 2007, at 13:42:05
> I'm sorry. I have a lot of personal stuff going on right now and I missed your rephrase.
>
> It looks good to me. Thank you for doing it so quickly.AM,
You wrote,[..it looks good to me...].
I am usure as to why saying that they believe a statement that has the potential IMO to arrouse antisemitic feelings and the potential to lead a Jew to feel put down, makes the statement civil. Because as a Jew, I feel put down and devalued and inferior when I read the statement in question regardless as to if the author believes it or not.
It has been the past practice here that prefacing a statement with {I believe} does not justify what the statement could have the potential to mean if the statement has the potential to arrouse antisemitic feelings.
If the adminstration has changed their policy concerning that, I am unaware of the change and if there is a change, could there not be now a change to the FAQ to say that now one can post a statement that has the potential to arrouse antisemitic feeling or have the potential to lead a Jew to feel put down, if they preface the statement with {I believe]?
Lou
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