Questions?

Questions can either be empowering or dangerous. It depends on the intent of the one inquiring. If the question given was for the purpose of finding answers, it helps not only the one who is asking but also those who are listening. It also opens an opportunity for those who know the answers to transfer knowledge to others. But if the question was blurted out simply to create a statement and the person who gave it is not open to responses, it becomes dangerous to him, to those who sensed the intent and agreed to the insinuation, and to those who will try to answer just to be shut down by the closed minded lot.

Why Bother To Ask?

There would be no answers without questions.   But there are questions that do not need answers. But more often than not, questions need to be answered. A lot of times, it depends on the one who asks and on his intentions. 

Questions are sometimes more powerful than direct statements. It leaves those who hear it wondering and thinking.  And sometimes agreeing with what the question insinuates.  But there’s a danger here. That is when the one who’s asking doesn’t really know the answer to his question yet gives the tone that he does.  And once presented with the answers, he’ll simply turn a blind eye from it.  And that’s the death of the purpose of asking questions.