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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Gossip kills the speaker and ...

Gossip kills three: the speaker, the spoken of, and the listener.

-- Rabbi Samuel b. Nahman


I just received this quotation from my email and run a search on google to learn more about the subject.

Gossip from Wikipedia, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip

Functions of gossip:


Reinforce - or punish the lack of - morality and accountability;

Reveal passive aggression, isolating and harming others;

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To learn more about the topic, visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip


Hence to gossip or not, the choice is yours!

Dexterine Ho

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