{"id":2344,"date":"2008-02-26T02:14:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2008-02-26T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T17:11:47","slug":"bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2344","title":{"rendered":"Bad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That was the most successful email header for Frank Kern in his recent campaign for Mass Control. That header got more emails opened than any other.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve sometimes heard Orthodox Jews say, &quot;If he doesn&#8217;t stop talking lashon hara about me, I&#8217;m going to take him to a Beit Din (Jewish law court).&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Do Beit Din punish people for speaking true but damaging things against others in the community? If so, how?<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was the most successful email header for Frank Kern in his recent campaign for Mass Control. 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