Posted by SLS on July 22, 2013, at 6:43:01
In reply to Re: anxiety about Babble and me » SLS, posted by jane d on July 22, 2013, at 2:42:37
> >I was under the impression that scapegoating involves intent; to knowingly blame or punish someone for the acts of others. What is it about my treatment of Lou Pilder that would lead you to characterize it as scapegoating rather than being an inquiry into cause-and-effect and the enforcement of website rules of conduct?
> You may be right about the definition. That wasn't what I meant by it.
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> It's too late tonight for me to try and explain what I DID mean but I did not mean you were doing that.The origin of the term "scapegoat" is quite interesting. Lou Pilder can correct me if I am wrong. In the days of old, it was a tradition of Jews on the Yom Kippur holiday to choose two goats to perform rituals that were designed to cleans the community of sin. The first goat was chosen by lottery to be slaughtered. This sacrifice was meant to atone for the sins of the community. Once atoned for, the sins could then be removed. It was the remaining goat that would become the scapegoat. All of the sins were ritually transferred to this one goat. The scapegoat was then released into the wilderness to wander, taking with it the sins of Israel.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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