DY, of course thats how it started but the conversation has shifted to side issues that are completely irrelevant to the main issue, case in point: metzitza.
“You tried the falsehood argument before. It’s wrong.”
Um no, editing a picture to depict events that they didnt happen is false. You can argue that tznius trumps falsehood but it is sheker.
“So you tried the faltche frumkeit argument, which was also wrong. “
This wasn’t an argument on the main issue. (See told you, the main issue got overlooked) This is regarding the side issue of Not printing pictures of women at all. Which though based on faltche frumkeit (granted a notion I cannot prove, it is purely based on persoinal experience) is without question their right, and we shouldn’t care what anybody says, bizarre as the policy end up being (Times of Israel has pictures from children’s books depicting “families” in the park led by 2 men and weddings with only men under the chupa.)
See how the the two issues have become conflated, Since falche frumkeit doesnt address the main issue which is EDITING pictures.
“They edited out women from a picture because they have a policy not to print pictures of women. They should have either not published it, or at the least, possibly, had a caption reading “edited as per editorial policy not to publish pictures of females”, to avoid the predictable criticism. They didn’t. That’s all.”
Completely agreed! This is the main issue. and as I said elsewhere we fundamentally agree. Our only discussion is are they wrong for not doing what you agree they should have done. (And the related point if cutting people out of pictures is sheker.)
Side question: There are some cases of Gedolim pictures without Yarmulkas eg for passport or with wives/dauthers not dressed tznius by today’s standards. OCcasionaly these pictures are edited to make them more in line with the current zeitgeist.
Is this falsheood?
Note: I am not asking whether it is right. YUou can maintain that it is proper to do since it’s disrespectful.
I am only asking if an edited picture is Emes or Sheker?