If a childdoes, if a studentdoessomethingbehindtheteacher's backandthentheteacherturnsaroundandsaidwhodidthat, thenanotherstudentmightsay, ohitwasbilly.
Soforexample, I have a secretandthispersonknows I have a secretandtheykeeppushingmeandpushingmeandpushingmeandpushingmeandfinally I gotcrack I splitintoandthesecretcomesoutandthatpersonknowsthesecretaswell.
It's notreally a secret, butthecompanyisstillpretendingit's a secret.
本当は秘密ではないのですが、会社はまだ秘密であるかのように装っています。
Althougheverybodyalreadyknowsaboutit.
もうみんな知っているけれど。
Nowwehavetwoexpressionsforpeoplewhosharesecrets.
さて、秘密を共有する人たちの表現が2つあります。
Oneis a whistleblowerandtheotheris a snitch, technicallythesedays, bothareconsiderednegativeterms, a snitchissomebodywhotellsonanotherpersonwhosharessomebody's identityorshares a secretaboutsomebodyelse.
Morekidsandadultsactually a whistlebloweris a veryspecialparticularcase.
もっと子供も大人も実は内部告発は非常に特殊な特殊ケースなんです。
If I workinthecompanyand I knowthatthiscompanyisdoingillegalthingsand I goand I tellthemediaor I tellthepoliceor I tellthegovernmentetceteratechnically I'm doingsomethinggoodbecause I'm tellingtheauthoritiesthatthecompanyisdoingsomethingillegal.
Butmostpeoplethinkofwhistleblowersassnitchesorratsandtheyget a lotofattacksinthemediaandeverywhereelsetechnicallythey'redoingsomethinggoodbutpeopledon't likepeoplewhogiveinformationwhosharesecrets.
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