Are we back to this, again?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 03:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
>
>
> At 17:45 04-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >>And if you remember that, then you will also remember that
> since that
> >>time, the policy of this list is that nobody is required to
> back any
> >>claims with any proof.
> >
> >Now, I may have been deleting e-mails en masse, but for the
> record, to
> >my
> >knowledge this has not in any way EVER been official policy
> here on the
> >Brin-L list. I have seen no memo changing the nature of the
> etiquette
> >guidelines in such a manner. This is a conclusion you drew
> about the
> >list, and as far as I can tell it applies to only one
> incident. If you
> >disagree with me, please post the relevant section of the etiquette
> >guidelines that says that '.the policy of this list is that
> nobody is
> >required to back any claims with any proof' . Otherwise, you're
> >wrong. It's not list policy.
> >Please acknowledge your error publicly or prove I'm wrong by
> posting the
> >relevant section of the etiquette guidelines.
>
> The fact that it is not in the Etiquette Guidelines does not
> mean it is not
> list policy. Erik Reuter consistently refused to back his claims with
> proof. This community did not criticise him for his blatant
> refusal to
> provide proof. I have since then repeated my statement on a
> few occassions,
> and nobody has ever disputed it. Therefore, the community has
> given it her
> silent approval.
>
> <Nitpick>
> BTW, there is also nothing in the Guidelines that says that
> claims must be
> supported by proof.
> </Nitpick>
>
>
> >>>Oh, and by the way, if you feel inclined, I'd really love
> to see you
> >>>provide further documentation that the authors and
> publishers of the
> >>>eight dictionaries whose definitions were posted to the
> list are biased
> >>>and members of the "pro-Israel" crowd.
> >>
> >>Certainly in the case of American authors and publishers,
> such a bias
> >>cannot be entirely ruled out. America in general is, after
> all, very
> >>pro-Israel, has a large Jewish community, and is in fact
> the only friend
> >>Israel has in the world.
> >
> >Show me the sources and documentation that back up your claims.
>
> I am not saying they *are* biased, I am saying that the
> possibility can not
> be ruled out (and have given the reasons why). It is not
> possible to prove
> that the *possibility of bias* does or does not exist.
>
>
> Jeroen "Likud Delenda Est" van Baardwijk
>
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