Talk:Discretion
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What does discretion mean in all those online personal ads on usenet and craigslist?
for example: [1]
Family Guy Guy 17:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Answer: In this context, "discretion" means "The ability and intention to keep secretive about information that, while not convicting of a crime, is humiliating, dehonesting, defaming, defacing etc." Examples: People should be discreet when they accidentally witness two people having a sexual intercourse, or when they witness someone who forgot to zip his trousers etc. - if you are indiscreet, if you tell others, the person "caught" may have trouble arising from the fact that at certain society levels, you're supposed not to do certain things (or do them at certain places or under certain circumstances). Alcator 19:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
