Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

We seem to create silly rules about silence. This is another one of those, “What happens here stays here.”

We create silly rules about silence. I wrote about one earlier in this blog, “Silence is agreement.” Nonsense.

Another that just came to mind is, “What is said here stays here.” That permits “open discussion” without fear of retribution or something or other.

Nonsense. If someone in this discussion admits to a crime I am not allowed to call the police and report it? Nonsense.

Of course no one would admit to a crime in these discussions. Really? Of course they would. People admit to all sorts of odd things when they have a belief that no one will say anything to anyone else.

Watch our language. That includes saying things like, “What is said here stays here.” Some people interpret things literally.