GAW – “ulelamaid – And I’ll judge you favorably that you are really Rav Feivel Cohen, a “Senior” Posek, to come out with all of those P’sakim.”
They aren’t my Psakim. They are the Chofetz Chaim’s. Everything I said is straight out of Hilchos Loshon Hora. You don’t have to be a poseik to tell someone that they can’t turn on the light on Shabbos, and you don’t have to be a poseik to tell someone that it is assur to speak or to be mekabel loshon hora.
GAW: – “Furthermore, you are making the assumption that the development is negative. Why are you not Dan L’Kaf Zechus that the development is positive?”
DY: “Why are you assuming that it is wrong to build this development?”
I didn’t assume that it is wrong to build the development. What I wrote is that we have to assume either that the Roshei Yeshiva did not say that it has to be done or that they did and the lady was not aware of that fact.
Some posters were assuming that the Roshei Yeshiva and/or R’ Aaron Kotler agreed to the development and that that meant that the lady was doing something wrong. If the Roshei Yeshiva agreeing to the development would mean that the lady is doing something wrong, it is assur to believe that the Roshei Yeshiva agreed to the development.
Since these posters think that if the Roshei Yeshiva agreed to the development it would mean that the lady is doing something wrong, they are not allowed to believe or say that the Roshei Yeshiva agreed to the development.
In terms of the developers, read my previous post. I pointed out how we can be “dan l’kaf zchus” them as well.
I focused more on being “dan l’kaf zchus” the lady since she was the one about whom motzi shem ra was being discussed. And I was trying to undo some of the damage done and prevent more from being done. If it had been the other way around, I would have focused more on being “dan l’kaf zchus” the developers. But in any case, I did present their side as well.
GAW – if you want specific sources for the halachos quoted, I will be happy to try to look them up for you. But only on condition that you promise to actually read them. I’m kind of tired of looking up and typing up sources only to have them ignored. Thank you.