Posted on 11/26/2016 9:57:56 AM PST by Salvation
For most of my life it meant knowing what hill to die on and when to run away and live to fight another day.
Who knows what it means now?
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.
It sounds as if you’re giving “discretion” the same meaning as “prudence,” which may well be accurate to the original aphorism.
To see the sins of vice in a public person’s private life is not a necessity, and discretion in reporting is called for, but to see the sins of that public person where corruption of power is present is an absolute necessity, and those sins should be exposed in the sun for all to see.
Except for the different nuances.
When you say prudence, I think of somebody’s maiden aunt.
When I think about discretion in relation to valor, I think of a soldier.
True, we all read in.
Great post. You make a great point.
“True, we all read in.”
Cain’t hep it.
I was surprised to read the other interpretations. Didn’t realize they existed.
It’s good to be reminded, sometimes, that we only imagine we’re using the same language.
Indeed the language may be the same, it is our experiences that are different, often very different, and there in lies the rub!
It’s like the question of whether we see colors in the same way. I say that’s “red,” and you say that’s “red,” but how do we know our perception is the same? We’re just using the word we’ve been taught to identify *whatever* we see.
Psychologists and mediators say that one of the most useful things people in conflict can do is to ask something like, “Can you explain in a little more detail what you mean?” because often we’re talking past one another.
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