Hide the ball (#498)

This is a term used in law classes when professors would only give out slim clues as answers. In essence they were hiding the ball in hopes that the law students would figure it out by themselves. This is barely okay in a setting like that but to hide the ball as a way to keep people ill-informed is dastardly and cowardly. Why some people feel a need to lord over others in an unfair and delusional way is troubling. Insecurity by one party is no excuse to thwart natural growth in another party. Knowledge is an accumulation of ideas and process' belonging to all of us. No one should deny or dilute it's understanding. I often rationalize that curiosity is one of a twin fork of human traits, along with compassion, instinctual to all of us. If we are not allowed to be curious and learn from knowledge we are only damaging the human race for whatever purpose. It would seem insignificant any variation of purpose valid to deny positive human nature. Selfishness and power are the two ingratiating purposes that come to mind, however there are myriad others. What exists in our minds outside a common respect for each other is indicative of the lack of discipline we allow our thought processes to entertain. Principles of virtue should be our bedrock of thought and courage should be reflective of our actions. All of us have the better and best within us, we do not need to wait for some signal to snap us to know this. Our knowledge tells us what we can do and giving our knowledge is how we get there.