tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641724474785900792.post5240533692439424700..comments2011-03-22T11:13:25.868+00:00Comments on Phil's Random Musings: The Power of WordsPhilliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16371115532719775404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641724474785900792.post-52233818062803805532010-03-23T21:17:55.850+00:002010-03-23T21:17:55.850+00:00Words will always be interpreted in some way by th...Words will always be interpreted in some way by those we communicate with. I feel that this obligates us to take great care with what we choose to say. There can be tremendous power both in the intention and the interpretation. I think that this serves to double the obligation to be mindful when speaking or writing.<br /><br />To use a crude analogy, if I get hit by a car because the driver suffers a previously undiagnosed epileptic fit it hurts me no less for his/her lack of harmful intention. From the driver's point of view, is their sense of responsibility lessened by the knowledge that it wasn't their fault or were there warning signs of illnes that were ignored?<br /><br />It isn't my intention to freeze anyone into inactivity for fear of doing harm. All I'm doing is trying to create an awareness of the power we bear and the responsibility that goes with it. In an age of 'rights' I think responsibility has become a dirty word.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371115532719775404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641724474785900792.post-81290318084639707502010-03-23T18:45:09.870+00:002010-03-23T18:45:09.870+00:00I see where Scott is coming from, but I think ther...I see where Scott is coming from, but I think there is more power in how the person hearing the words interprets them, rather than how the person saying them intends them.eye-shuhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425735038966971127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641724474785900792.post-6072674142154153672010-02-28T20:06:24.559+00:002010-02-28T20:06:24.559+00:00Hear Hear!Hear Hear!golfbravohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609398505476330239noreply@blogger.com