There is something new in our society today which seems to have been little known, say, twenty years ago. That is people who maintain their silence where they have done wrong or acted questionably. Twenty years ago, people felt obliged to speak. I have often wondered how this might work itself out. I sense two things. While there is silence on the surface of it, one finds that, behind it, there is not seldom panic. Silence, too, tends to turn things into a game of high stakes. If one speaks, the "gamble" seems much lower. If not, one's silence may either snuff something out, or it may radicalise a situation. That is why it is "high stakes". OBSERVATION: Perhaps one may liken it to any ordinary situation, where people talk about a problem, or keep silent about it. Speaking may be difficult, but silence may lead to a bigger explosion -- or not.
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