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I really enjoy the Rachel Ray show. I tape with my dvr and watch it without commercials almost daily.
Thursday this week they did a show about Gossip. Four women essentially fasted from gossip.
They were bracelets that had the word gossip crossed out on it. (A freebe that Rachel gave away but I missed out on.)
One of the interesting parts of the show was how at almost all costs they avoided discussing what was gossip.
One of the four women said she struggled with a definition of it herself. The guest "expert" said it was anything that you would not say in front of the other person as that would be hurtful. (Of course, I know too many who say hurtful things in front of anyone myself.)
What I found interesting was the complaint from one or two of the participants that they were no longer fun to be around and others complained about them.
Another said that if they didn't gossip they ended up talking about more controversal subjects with others resulting in offense.
I am not much of a gossip myself. I do however confess this on occassions... more often than I would like to. But I am also not much of a social butterfly. I don't have a group of friends, just individual friends who don't like each other. I am not into what actors and public figures are doing. Brittney needs my prayers but I don't talk to anyone about the flood of news on her daily that I work to avoid.
Questions for discussion.
1. What is your definition of gossip? (Is that definition different over the internet?)
2. Do you think people can totally give up on gossip and still have interesting non-offending conversations?
3. Is not most of our news a form of gossip? So often reading the paper I see things that I think is really none of my business. Do we really need to know if someone got a DUI? That does not protect me to know that after all. But at what point is it needful to be aware of things and at what point is it about sensationalism and gossip?
Thursday this week they did a show about Gossip. Four women essentially fasted from gossip.
They were bracelets that had the word gossip crossed out on it. (A freebe that Rachel gave away but I missed out on.)
One of the interesting parts of the show was how at almost all costs they avoided discussing what was gossip.
One of the four women said she struggled with a definition of it herself. The guest "expert" said it was anything that you would not say in front of the other person as that would be hurtful. (Of course, I know too many who say hurtful things in front of anyone myself.)
What I found interesting was the complaint from one or two of the participants that they were no longer fun to be around and others complained about them.
Another said that if they didn't gossip they ended up talking about more controversal subjects with others resulting in offense.
I am not much of a gossip myself. I do however confess this on occassions... more often than I would like to. But I am also not much of a social butterfly. I don't have a group of friends, just individual friends who don't like each other. I am not into what actors and public figures are doing. Brittney needs my prayers but I don't talk to anyone about the flood of news on her daily that I work to avoid.
Questions for discussion.
1. What is your definition of gossip? (Is that definition different over the internet?)
2. Do you think people can totally give up on gossip and still have interesting non-offending conversations?
3. Is not most of our news a form of gossip? So often reading the paper I see things that I think is really none of my business. Do we really need to know if someone got a DUI? That does not protect me to know that after all. But at what point is it needful to be aware of things and at what point is it about sensationalism and gossip?
