Monsignor Pope Ping!
Discretion with almost no resulting collateral damage = Diplomacy + Damage Control.
Was the past tendency to filter out this sort of information right or wrong? Was it discretion or deception? Is there a limit to the people’s “right to know” or is this right absolute?
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Their premise is that it is universal... when every example shown is benefiting Democrats... The answer is OF COURSE it is deception... I wouldn’t care if it wasn’t used to advance the socialist agenda.
II Samuel 12:12
Seems God is not a big fan of "discretion" when it comes to political figures.
He seems to hold them to a higher standard because of the power they are given.
Discresion can be useful.
It is not when it is used as a tool of deception and power politics. When only the faults of the opposition are exposed, it becomes an evil.
I think we were a more decent society when we were more discreet.
A Catholic priest is not the same thing as a newspaper reporter. His job is to keep confession private; a report’s job is to report the news.
Private lives may be kept private if they have no bearing on public life. But JFK’s private live certain DID effect his politics. He was an idiot and a scum, yet the news media had nothing to say but “Camelot, Camelot, Camelot.”
He was unfit to be President; but who knew it?
Is “discernment” (one of Francis’ favorite words) another form of deception?
Discretion is a lie when it’s done by the press. When Priests or counselors whose conversations are protected by law do it, it is a legal requirement. Even that legal requirement disappears under certain circumstances.