A statement or a deflection of the question?
2007-08-27 16:39:37 · 5 answers · asked by MCB 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Fence-sitting.... there is always a conscious or subconscious selfish motive behind such ambivalent statements that deceptively sound positive.
2007-08-27 16:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by small 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A statement deflecting a question.
2007-08-27 19:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a statement of wisdom. If someone is truly wise, then they know that nobody can truly KNOW anything. So it is nearly always reasonable to say "you could be right."
But it functions very well as a deflection if the sayer is simply trying to ignore the other persons ideas.
2007-08-27 17:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the question! The world is many shades of colour, not just black and white and in most situations, you *could* be right!
In a maths test, of course, it's probably useless :-)
2007-08-27 16:58:24 · answer #4 · answered by Just Wondering 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the statement: You could be right or you could be happy--choose.
2007-08-27 19:25:40 · answer #5 · answered by aisha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋