......"Scuttle Butt".......
People have the passion to do speedy transmission of near-factual (or non factual at all!) information-gossip....
We can't blame anyone our genes. By nature, we are drawn to listening to squalid, colorful, and controversial somewhat "wrong" information. Plus the fact that we won't be left behind with the latest "news" out break adds to the excitement and habitual must-tell-a friend or can't-keep-it-on-my-own actions spread the fire.
I would like to share a story, I read in a book. It's about a lady gossiper who spread rumors about her neighbor. Well, of course, that rumors spread fast like wild fire around the community. What would the person it concerned feels? Hurt and offended. Eventually the woman responsible for the gossip learned that it was all fraud. Being so sorry for her action, she consulted an old sage to ask what she can do to repair the damage. The sage told her to go the market, buy a chicken and kill it. Then while in her home, deplume its feathers and drop them one by one along the road, and so she did. The following day, she came back to wise man and she followed the same road but to her disappointments, the wind blew all the feathers away. After searching for an hour, she went back with only three feathers. Then the old sage told her, It's easy to rumors, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong. 
The lesson in the story! Don't talk about things you don't know well if you don't want to regret it in the end. Remember that "Stick and stones can only break a bone but words can shuttle a soul"
...GOSSIPER SPREAD RUMORS ...DON'T TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW WELL IF YOU DON'T WANT TO REGRET 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T REPAIR THE DAMAGE.....
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