...I've been wondering for a while; is Double AA on-topic?
Some believe that he is, clearly; what does the community think about this?
Please source your answers :)
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6Well, apparently I'm also not constructive.– Double AA ModCommented Feb 22, 2015 at 16:01
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Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/55465/5323– MTLCommented Mar 9, 2017 at 17:17
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As Cnsersmoit notes, Jewish individuals are off topic. What we can conclude from this is non-Jewish individuals are on topic. Since we don't know if Double AA is a Jewish or non-Jewish individual, the question is Safek off topic.
However, we also don't know if Double AA is an individual or not. He might, after all, be a dog. "Dog" has the same letters as "god" and God is certainly on topic around here.
Thus we have a Sefeik Sefeika (double doubt) permitting the questions to be asked: perhaps Double AA is a dog, and even if he is not a dog perhaps he is a non-Jewish individual and hence still on topic.
However, the Rama rules (YD 110:8) that we do not rely on a Sefeik Sefeika in the case of a Davar SheYesh Lo Mattirin (something that gives out heterim) absent a pressing need. Thus questions about Double AA are only to be asked if:
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4It's also not nis'hapech - if he is a Jew, he is certainly (I hope) not a dog.– Y e zCommented Feb 25, 2015 at 18:52
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5Wait a minute. This is only a safek because we currently don't know, not because the extent of on-topicness is unclear be'etzem. Theoretically one could go investigate Double AA's yichus. I suggest you do that. :-)– AdámCommented Feb 25, 2015 at 22:07
Questions about the Hebrew language or about history or news of the Jewish people, Jewish individuals, or the State of Israel, except as related to Judaism, are off-topic. If this question does relate to Judaism, please edit it to indicate how.
Clearly he is off topic.
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