Posted by Lou Pilder on August 11, 2009, at 5:50:36
In reply to Re: vulnerable members, posted by Dr. Bob on August 11, 2009, at 3:27:00
> > I like this statement very much, "A community can be judged by the manner in which its most vulnerable members are treated. "
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> Me, too. One way of looking at it is that the most vulnerable members here are those who are unwilling or unable to be civil.
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> I also liked:
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> > > In the same way, a decent community will abstain from, and if necessary prevent, ridicule and scapegoating.
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> A decent community will be civil.
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> Scapegoating can be complicated, though, and the individual as well as the community may play (often unintentionally) a role.
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> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...the individual..may play (often unintentionally)..a role (in scapegoating)...]
That may be factual, but I do not feel comfortable here in that since there is not a specified individual in your statement here, many members could have the potential IMO to think that they are in your catagory in question. If you could specify the criteria, (your rationale), that you would use to make such a determination, if you would use such, then members could see what they are and determine if you are or are not including them in your statement or not and respond if they like to you.
I would also need more than 3 consecutive posts to fully express my concerns here in regards to a leader posting such a statement to the community. I would also like to post here the historical parallels where a leader has promulgated such a statement and the results to the peoples and the country that the statement of that nature led to.
I am afraid that since you have not specified those in the group that you are refering to, that others could have the potential IMO to think that I am one of those and that I could become a target of anti-Semitic violence since there are numerous outstanding requests by me to you and numerous outstanding notifications, and statements posted that could lead a Jew to feel put down that remain without a notation from the administration in the thread where they appear that the statement could lead a Jew to feel put down.
Lou Pilder
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