A Request To Our Readers-Posting Comments
The goal of TLS is to be a positive means of growth for the community. Our readership needs to engage the issues, discuss them respectfully, and hopefully the products of these discussions would be fruitful to help improve the community, even one or two people at a time, for the better. TLS realizes that at times our comment section does devolve into a mean-spirited forum, with name calling and behaviors that, quite frankly, are embarrassing. In fact, many of the opinions that are so negative and filled with a mean-spiritedness, could very well be a catalyst for critically reviewing the positions we all hold – if they were expressed with a little bit more dignity.
After much reflection and guidance of our Daas Torah, TLS has decided that the rancor, name-calling and disrespectful statements are counter-productive to our goals. TLS, therefore makes the following three requests:
1] Let’s try to keep all aspects of normal decent communication – no disrespecting, and degrading anyone. We all know what we have to do.
2] Let us keep the tone of the emotion level down. Cooler heads must prevail. We must distance ourselves from anger. This is what chazal tell us. Let’s keep to it. Everything can be said, it’s how it’s said.
3] Let’s try to act with more respect for people. Everyone is a Tzelem Elokim-created by G-d. Let’s reflect that.
Let us also bear in mind that TLS is read by major news outlets, including Television stations and Newspapers. It is also read by Law-enforcement Officials and higher Authorities. So please, a little respect, common sense and a lot more maturity.
COMMENTS POSTING RULES:
1. Absolutely no personal attacks against any group or individual
2. No gossip, slander or defamation
3. No links to external sites.
4. No words in CAPS
5. No multiple posts of comments
6. No profanity, vulgarity or any foul or inappropriate language
7. No user names communicating any agenda, opinion or message (i.e. “Smash Chasidim”, “Let’s Liquidate Lakewood” or “Orthodox are Hypocrites”) in any form, regardless of quality of comment.
TLS encourages and appreciates healthy comment and robust debate. Please argue sensibly. Please post thoughtfully. Please reply to comments intelligently. Do not use slanderous and/or emotional words, derogatory names and insults (i.e. “moron,” “idiot,” etc.)—any such comment will be deleted immediately.
TLS is not responsible for any comments posted. All comments posted are solely the expressions of opinion by their posters, whether anonymous, named or using pseudonyms. Please contact TLS at [thelakewoodscoop@gmail.com] if you feel any comment is inappropriate. VIN/TLS
There are 39 Comments to "A Request To Our Readers-Posting Comments"
Way to go.
you are a blog,not a yeshiva.people hide behind the computer and vent. what do you expect?
this is way better!!! thank you!!!
I agree 100% ! I am very embarrased because by association it would appear that many posters are representing the majority of orthodox jews and not their own myopic views.
TlLS – supposedly you moderate the posts, why post them if you agree that they are not worthy of being posted.
Thank you.
Maybe now some people will go back to their Gemoros.
Saw this exact nusach on VIN a while back
Sounds like a plan.
#6 – if you look at the bottom of the article it says “VIN/TLS”
about time
A blog is a forum in which people have the ability to be heard and express their feelings. Perhaps you are being influenced by a group of individuals who have much to fear. those people and groups should leave the world of politics and therefore wont have what to fear. You cant have your cake and eat it. Public entities and politicians are to be held accountable and is done in every democratic country.
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#11 should be deleted. it makes suggestions and causes me to think of bad words. nuuuu
i think of it like this. one can criticize constructively, by pointing out specific aspects of a situation as opposed to bashing the person. or even pose possible solutions to problems discussed.
for example, instead of “busses can’t drive normally in my neighborhood cuz people park like idiots”
a better post may be “i’ve noticed that the parking congestion in my neighborhood poses safety hazards to drivers and impedes traffic flow. perhaps people parking closer to the curb and straight instead of at an angle will improve the safety of everyone involved.”
same point, different wording.
i’m not trying to bring up this particular issue i’m just using it as an example of how i think people should post their opinions. Freedom of speech/press is a wonderful thing, lets make ourselves worthwhile to listen to.
So do you also run VIN site?
Bseder Gomur.
Yasher Koach for being me’oirer to the oilam this gevaldigeh chilul hashem that comes from comments that are not tzugepast for this site.
To #12
All what I said was something that was funny, I didn’t actually say anything wrong. I could twist everything I see and make it seem bad and dirty. If you have such an issue with what I said there is something very wrong.
#12 come on that was funny I had such a good laug,h there was nothing wrong with that comment, we want simcha in our lives and not everything has to be so serious.
lets go yankees!!!!
i must apologize…i too at times have used this site as an instrument to vent. from now on, positive words to help lakewood and everyone that lives here a better place to live and visit. thanks for the opportunity.
i hope we still see the Officer Butterworth comments
Hershell, what will do about all the politicians we need to weed out? Or are we exempt for political reasons?
Did all the TLS readers fill out their Census Forms? What about the Bloggers?
who is the daas torah you consulted?
I think we need to buy everyone some dounuts.
A good idea would be to make it mandatory to log in before posting comments.
Since this is a Lakewood site how about a ban on any bashing of the yeshiva and it’s talmidim
Derech Eretz is always in order. There is also something in this country called freedom of speech. It is possible to communicate in a way that is above board and more refined and yet still get the message across. All it takes is work. As far as debating the issues goes, let me tell you with all due respect. If there is a case of corruption I am aware about, I have every right under the constitution to protest it in a non violent fashon. That means I may call for a recall of public officials, question why my tax dollars went for a boat that’s tied up in Toms River, and so forth. Let the higher authorities you mention understand that there are standards they must live up to and if they don’t, then people will protest loudly until things are done with honesty and integrity. We all have the right to expect and demand that all of our public officials live up to that standard and if they don’t we will vote them out of office. It’s called Democracy.
i agree that certian attacks for no reason on certian people and ideas should be moderated, but an all out ban really kills the whole purpose of blogging. what blogging has done is given the weak and abused a way to even the playing field against the abusive and corrupted bodies or individuals who use personal threats and strong arming to carry out thier corruption and abuse.
i fully agree things like (“Smash Chasidim”, “Let’s Liquidate Lakewood” or “Orthodox are Hypocrites”) or names and insults (i.e. “moron,” “idiot,” etc.)— have no place on a blog. but stopping people to post information and opinions , about what people or groups are doing that is directly or indirectly hurting others – kills all the good that this blog has done.
Freedom of speach has no place on a privatly owned blog
i am thrilled that you are representing the holy city of lakewood by setting such standards.For all the people that are writing that it is not right to limit the blogs then why don’t they put there names to it . obviously they are a bunch of cowards and fear much repercusion
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I stand edited. Thank you TLS
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I read all of the comments posted on September 1, 2010. I read English well, but I did not understand many of the Orthodox terms. It would be very helpful if you translated them.
you are very right about the emotional,angry mean-spirited comments that need not be posted. my concern is what is the measuring stick being used to determine what is appropriate to be presented in this forum?some things need to be said [even if it is uncomfortable to hear].its a sticky situation to control content and still contain your integrity.
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No way should yeshiva buchirim have to ride with a lady bus driver late at night. i complained many times to the yeshivas that the last boy going off the bus might have a Halachic Sheilah of Yichud
i am crying as i write i do not know what to say
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