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The nutball will answer you. In the first place slander is only slander if it's false. What I said was true, just as what Eamon said about SGG may have been true.
The point of the whole exercise, for those who can't figure it out, is that those who live by slander, die by slander. No matter how true the allegations, one should never spread them. Jesus gave us the right way to handle this. If your brother sin against you, go to him in private, etc. People certainly remembered that when I disclosed a few of Eamon's secrets.
Some say these were public sins and therefore fair game. I have no doubt that SOME people knew about SGG. But not nearly as many as do now. What people forget is that these are real people suffering real damage, not some stupid television show. I think you can see on that thread that this is so, and I hope you will gain some sort of empathy from it. It appears that you have developed indignation---did you have any for the others that are continually being bashed on this forum?
No? Eamon is your friend so you are upset about this. Well, all these people are souls that God made. You should be upset about them, too. Anything else is a double standard and worse---you endanger your own soul in participating in this. So the next time you pick up some yellow journalism, remember this. I am appalled that this is what Catholics do and call it good.
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| Posted Jul 29, 2010, 4:41 pm |
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| Trinity said: | | In the first place slander is only slander if it's false. What I said was true, just as what Eamon said about SGG may have been true. |
Detraction is an unjust disclosure of another's faults. I believe your "justification" for disclosure is hardly justifiable.
| Trinity said: | | Eamon attacked me first... |
The above isn't even true, but even so, it does not justify your behavior.
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It would be comparatively easy for us to be holy if only we could always see the character of our neighbours either in soft shade or with the kindly deceits of moonlight upon them. Of course, we are not to grow blind to evil for thus we should speedily become unreal; but we must grow to something higher, and something truer, than a quickness in detecting evil. - Fr. Faber
"The faithful ears of the people are holier than the lips of the priests." -St. Hilary
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Loved the scene in Ann of Green Gables, where Ann said those horrible things to Marilla's lady friend, next door nosey neighbor, ( Rachel, I think) because Rachel called notice to her red hair. Ann lost her red headed temper; later Marilla forced her to go and apologize to Rachel. Ann dresses up and meets Rachel on the porch swing, and says. "I am sorry I said those aweful things to you, even if they were true, I shouldn't have said them anyway."
What a profound quote, and Rachel accepted the apology.
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MyrnaM
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Thanks Trinity,
Although that was not a religious movie, I have never forgot that lesson, from that quote, and think of it often in my life.
It was a little comical, but had great significance.
People talk about humility but seldom manifest any.
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