02-10-2008, 01:32 AM
Andrew, even if he is guilty, spreading what you think about him is still not acceptable. Lashon HaRa'a, you know as well as I do, is the evil tongue, not necessarily a false report, but gossip, whether said gossip is true or false. An evil report. You know as well as I do that you are supposed to go to the offender if you have a problem, not spread it around. R. Yehohsu'a told us this.
Trimm's guilt or innocence is irrelevant to me, since I am not sitting on a beyt din, nor was his offense against me. If I were appointed to a beyt din to decide his guilt or innocence, then it would matter. As it is, I disagree with many of his opinions, and I am willing to debate them, but I refuse to indulge in the ad hominem fallacy.
I am not assuming that you do not have evidence. It does not matter. Spreading it before a judgment has been made by either a religious court or a secular court is lashon hara'a, even if the accused party is guilty.
I am keeping my mind open, which is precisely why I have made no judgment whatsoever about Mr. Trimm. It simply doesn't matter to me. I am not on a court, I am not a judge, I am not a juror. If and when sentence is passed then I will have no problem with you and Albion saying what the court has already proven.
Shavu'a Tov,
Dawid
Trimm's guilt or innocence is irrelevant to me, since I am not sitting on a beyt din, nor was his offense against me. If I were appointed to a beyt din to decide his guilt or innocence, then it would matter. As it is, I disagree with many of his opinions, and I am willing to debate them, but I refuse to indulge in the ad hominem fallacy.
I am not assuming that you do not have evidence. It does not matter. Spreading it before a judgment has been made by either a religious court or a secular court is lashon hara'a, even if the accused party is guilty.
I am keeping my mind open, which is precisely why I have made no judgment whatsoever about Mr. Trimm. It simply doesn't matter to me. I am not on a court, I am not a judge, I am not a juror. If and when sentence is passed then I will have no problem with you and Albion saying what the court has already proven.
Shavu'a Tov,
Dawid