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I just saw last week an interesting Meiri who seems to argue with the Halachah quoted in Shulchan Aruch that one is allowed to report on somebody who is a ????.
The Gemara in Gittin 7a brings a story of Mar Ukva who sent a letter to R’ Eliezer, complaining about a person who was ‘starting up against him’, and asking if he was permitted to inform on them to the government. R’ Eliezer replied by discouraging him from reforming.
There is a discussion in the commentaries exactly what the story was, and whether R’ Eliezer was giving advice or actually talking from a Halachic point of view.
The Meiri explains that Mar Ukvas opponent was a Moiser himself. He therefore asks why was it that he wasn’t allowed to report on the moiser – we find that one can kill a moiser!
The Meiris final answer is that it is better to kill him than to inform on him, and informing is forbidden even on somebody whom it is permitted to kill.
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(I know we don’t pasken like the Meiri, but I was still surprised to see a Rishon who argues!)