[Avodah] Lashon Hara about non-Jews

[Rich, Joel]

"This isn't a bad midah, it's a normal balebatishe midah."

Mi amar?  Chopping off heads is a normal baalebatishe midah in some
places.

"Speaking LH, though, seems like something negative."

OK, I agree.  But it sounds very touchy feely to me.  The Torah allows
an Isha Yafas Toar b'kishrei milchana.  So maybe the Torah allows a
person to vent his taavah for blabbing about people so that he should do
it in a permitted way and not about Yidden.  Who knows?  We didn't write
the Torah.  We don't need to be m'chadesh new issurim.
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Midot in general can be very touchy, feely.  You might find "Does Jewish
Tradition Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakha?" by R'AL of
interest (I think it's reprinted in "Leaves of Faith"

KT
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