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  • #588669
    mw13
    Participant

    I can’t help but notice the tremendous amount of lashon hara that is being posted here on ywn about the recent elections in Yerushalayim. I personally think that ywn should censor all these posts. What does the oilum hold?

    #625645
    tzippi
    Member

    I’m with you, mw13. It’s painful.

    #625646
    Joseph
    Participant

    Add me to the petition. I completely agree.

    #625648

    agree

    #625650
    mw13
    Participant

    tzippi, it really is. i usually simply can’t finish reading the posts under any Yerushalayim election-related news due to the incredible amount of sinas chinom and lashon hara / motzei shaim ra.

    and to all those who agree with me, when you see someone post something inappropriate, say something!

    #625651
    Belev Echad
    Participant

    totaly agree.

    now, instead of just bemoaning it…let’s do something about it, ok?

    how about if there’s a column for ppl to post daily hilchos lashon hara or something?

    or any other ideas….

    #625652
    illini07
    Member

    Sign me on

    #625653
    noitallmr
    Participant

    mw13- way to go…

    #625654
    Mayan_Dvash
    Participant

    I actually sent an email via the Contact Us page. Still waiting for a response, though.

    #625655
    smartcookie
    Member

    mayan-dvash- they dont really respond very often

    #625656
    oheiv sholom
    Participant

    Blev echad go for it

    #625657

    Yes, please do go for it. I am tired of big talkers on ANY subject lining up to speak widescale lashon hara on anyone who doesn’t agree with them. If people would so much as open a Sefer Chafetz Chaim, they might learn some halachos they haven’t picked up from those other sefarim he wrote…

    #625658

    mayan_dvash and smartcookie, don’t you comments constitute lashon hara?

    If we really study the laws of shmiras halashon we would learn that we should be blogging. Opinions most ofter lead to conversations, which lead to differences, which lead to…

    I think we should resolve ourselves to the simple fact that ALL of us are guilty to some degree and that we excersise more care and sensitivity.

    #625659
    mw13
    Participant

    smalltowngirl, although i believe that you are right that”we should resolve ourselves to… excersise more care and sensitivity”, i must say that mayan_dvash’s didn’t speak lashon hara by saying that he had emailed ywn and was waiting for a response, and neither did smartcookie by saying that mayan_dvash shouldn’t worry that his post is being ignored, ywn will answer in time.

    #625660

    smalltowngirl: the gemara states that we are not choshesh for two chashoshes so dont worry so much

    #625661
    Chacham
    Participant

    i must compliment yw editor for lately closing all these crazy fouroms

    #625662
    mw13
    Participant

    shtultzy guy, are you complimenting ywn for cracking down on lashon hara, or saying this is a crazy topic?

    #625663

    mw13, he definetly means that this is a crazy topic

    #625664

    I learned that anything that you say that can lead to lashon hara also constitutes lashon hara. Maybe I am wrong, it would not be the first time…

    #625665

    Nearly anything one says can lead to lashon hara. Are you advocating a complete Ta’anit Dibur?

    #625666

    Not at all jewfem – I am not an extremist.

    But what I do advocate is effort in taking great care when we are bantering.

    Even in jest, we are speaking L”H – we may not be causing harm to an individual we could however be causing harm to a cause or institution. If nothing else can we admit that we are ALL guilty…

    Shmiras halashon is very very difficult to adhere to.

    #625667

    NO OFFENSE FEMINIST, BUT you can really improve your chances of speaking lh if you dont reply to every crazy topic

    #625668
    squeak
    Participant

    shtark bochur

    Blocked

    NO OFFENSE FEMINIST, BUT you can really improve your chances of speaking lh if you dont reply to every crazy topic

    But when YOU reply to every topic, that doessn’t hurt your chances, or you just don’t care?

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