Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead
Bookworm on Oct 01 2006 at 11:50 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
Something bad and embarrassing happened to someone I know. I’ve now been told the story three times in complete confidence by three people who heard the story from the source and promised not to pass it along. I myself have not passed the story on to anyone, but it is a reminder of the impossibility of keeping things secret — especially painful things.
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What can you do if the person with the secret can’t keep it to his or herself? About all you can do is not pass it on yourself.
Yep! Seems the one to whom the bad and embarrassing thing happened has a big mouth!
Those of us who take pleasure in the game of baseball have similar thoughts tonight. The latest malicious attacks result from, according to Randy Hendricks, “.. an agent’s recollection about a conversation he had about conjecture.”
(Mr. Hendricks represents two of the biggest names mentioned: Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite.)
As in your post, Bookworm, the accusations arise from ‘information’ that was sealed from the public (restricted) –and then leaked, as I understand it.
(’The Times cited “a source with authorized access to an unredacted affidavit,” who “allowed the Times to see it briefly and read aloud some of what had been blacked out of the public copies.”‘)
This sort of spiteful innuendo has all but destroyed the public career of Barry Bonds. It matters little whether it is actually true. I agree with your post that such behavior says a lot about human nature.
Two can keep a secret if they are in one body.
I’ve now been told the story three times in complete confidence by three people who heard the story from the source and promised not to pass it along.
Gossip is more powerful than say, honor and oaths after all. At least to some people. They feel a need to ask for wisdom, for counsel, and their promise not to retell the tale is of a lower priority than their personal need for self-confidence and knowledge.
I’ve now been told the story three times in complete confidence by three people who heard the story from the source and promised not to pass it along.
No, it seems like the ones who promised something that they weren’t going to uphold, has the big mouth. Ostensibly the person who had the bad thing happen, didn’t promise to anyone that he would remove the tale from hearing.
Gossip hurts. Jewish tradition likens it to the murder of another because it destroys reputations and lives. Though it’s very difficult to do, refraining from speaking gossip is a worthy goal, as is not refusing to listen to it.
Gossip hurts. Jewish tradition likens it to the murder of another because it destroys reputations and lives. Though it’s very difficult to do, refraining from speaking gossip is a worthy goal, as is refusing to listen to it.