Most of the questions asked of government ministers in public are merely designed to make the minister look stupid if they don't know. The famous "price of a pint of milk" is a good example. There's an important distinction between asking to gain information, and asking to humiliate someone. I'm not sure what sort of question the Bishop faced there. Church politics is increasingly vitriolic, but it would still be unusual for someone professing to be a Christian to follow up with a denunciation and a claim that he is not fit for office.
'I don't know' I don't know what the context was behind that small clip, but what I do notice in daily life, is that no average Joe will tell you they don't know, in answer to any question or enquiry. People always seem to feel a need to give an answer, even if they have no clue.
"What do you think this grinding noise is, coming from my engine?". "Erm, it could be your head gasket' "Who sang that tune on the butter advert?'. 'Erm, I think was Tom Jones' 'What colour is the earth wire?'. 'Blue, no red. No blue. yeah it's blue. *Checks Google* 'Oh of course, it's green. I was thinking of the natural wire'
No clue, just answer with the first thing that comes into your head. People should really learn to admit they don't know things
Now as for MPs, I think they just come out with a load of waffle weather they know the answer or not
Sam - from the sidelines this one feels like avoidable vitriol, at least internally. It creates an impression of a church with at least some inclination to follow fads and fashions rather than traditional moral teachings.
Bucko - I agree, admitting we don't know opens up the issue as something to be learned or explored. It's probably accurate to say that hardly any MPs understand the climate change arguments, but they pretend to know what they are talking about in discussions.
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Most of the questions asked of government ministers in public are merely designed to make the minister look stupid if they don't know. The famous "price of a pint of milk" is a good example. There's an important distinction between asking to gain information, and asking to humiliate someone. I'm not sure what sort of question the Bishop faced there. Church politics is increasingly vitriolic, but it would still be unusual for someone professing to be a Christian to follow up with a denunciation and a claim that he is not fit for office.
'I don't know'
I don't know what the context was behind that small clip, but what I do notice in daily life, is that no average Joe will tell you they don't know, in answer to any question or enquiry.
People always seem to feel a need to give an answer, even if they have no clue.
"What do you think this grinding noise is, coming from my engine?". "Erm, it could be your head gasket'
"Who sang that tune on the butter advert?'. 'Erm, I think was Tom Jones'
'What colour is the earth wire?'. 'Blue, no red. No blue. yeah it's blue. *Checks Google* 'Oh of course, it's green. I was thinking of the natural wire'
No clue, just answer with the first thing that comes into your head. People should really learn to admit they don't know things
Now as for MPs, I think they just come out with a load of waffle weather they know the answer or not
Sam - from the sidelines this one feels like avoidable vitriol, at least internally. It creates an impression of a church with at least some inclination to follow fads and fashions rather than traditional moral teachings.
Bucko - I agree, admitting we don't know opens up the issue as something to be learned or explored. It's probably accurate to say that hardly any MPs understand the climate change arguments, but they pretend to know what they are talking about in discussions.
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