This week I re-discovered the following note in Church minutes: "N [a deaconess] said that Thomas should not enter a hazardous situation alone, ever again. Thomas said he promised that he would not, and he could see his mistake. At the same time, he said, it was sometimes difficult to predict what would be a hazardous situation, or to realise soon enough that one had got into one."
OBSERVATION: The problem here was that the minister [Thomas] was slandered following a meeting with no witnesses. I have had two rules -- which in that case I broke.
1. If you even suspect that you could be facing a volatile, hostile, or risky situation, do not enter it alone. Failing that,
2. Record the exchange. In South Africa, this is legal. In fact it seems to be the wrong way to go, not to record it, if one is at risk.
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