{"id":306,"date":"2006-02-07T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2006\/02\/07\/just-the-facts-maam\/"},"modified":"2006-02-07T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2006-02-08T02:56:11","slug":"just-the-facts-maam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/306","title":{"rendered":"Just the Facts, Ma&#8217;am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his dialysis treatment on Saturday, it was discovered that Bruce had a fever, so the doctor decided to admit him back into the hospital for observation and a new course of antibiotics.\n<\/p>\n<p>His wife did not let his mother know for two days.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ok, I&#8217;ve typed and published it, but I&#8217;ll admit to first having reflected on the Four-Way Test of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotary.org\/aboutrotary\/index.html\">Rotary International<\/a>&#8212;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Is it the TRUTH?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8226; <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Is it FAIR to all concerned?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Accuracy does not equal fairness, but there is no intent to be unfair.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8226; <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Don&#8217;t count on it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8226; <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Truthful exposure is not always appropriate, but eventually most facts are made plain, and benefits accrue in the long run to those who accept accountability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether or not I flunked the famous test is subject to individual interpretation. Please read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nb\/nb.cgi\/search\/uj?q=Bruce&amp;submit=Search\">the collection of entries about Bruce<\/a> for a record of my sincere thoughts and feelings during his lengthy illness.\n<\/p>\n<p>Until further notice, it might be best for everyone involved if<br \/>\n&#8220;Uncle John&#8221; suspended continued commentary on this particular subject.\n<\/p>\n<p>We now return this log to its regularly scheduled wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his dialysis treatment on Saturday, it was discovered that Bruce had a fever, so the doctor decided to admit him back into the hospital for observation and a new course of antibiotics. His wife did not let his mother know for two days. Ok, I&#8217;ve typed and published it, but I&#8217;ll admit to first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}