The document discusses when it is not appropriate to give feedback based on a Bible verse. It provides context for interpreting "dogs" and "swine" as people with dog-like and swine-like personalities characterized by being unappreciative and aggressive. Providing feedback to those with these personalities will likely result in them attacking the feedback giver, as a dog may bite or a swine may trample pearls. The document gives an example of damaging feedback being given to an unappreciative lecturer, demonstrating why it is better in some cases not to give feedback to those who cannot appreciate its value.

1. Trampling Swine and Biting Dog: Feedbacks, When Not To Give
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither
cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under
their feet, and turn and rend you.
Businesses, small and big, local and multinational, all seek feedbacks from their staff, their
suppliers, their business partners and most important of all, from their clients. They look upon
feedback as part of their means to improve their business which would translate into profit. So,
feedbacks are means to be more efficient, competent and leads to profit in every area of an
organization or entity. Though feedbacks are requested by many organizations and entities only
a few actually benefit from it. Why?
The quotation from the Bible, in Matthew 7:6 has the answer. Even though the Bible is a
holy book, its language comes out strong in giving advice to us. The advice is, don’t give what
are of value to unappreciative recipients as they would repay by attacking you. The descriptions
used figuratively for unappreciative recipients are “dogs and swine.” The description that is
used figuratively for what are of value is “which is holy and pearls.”
Dog-Like and Swine-Like Personalities
Dogs in relation to human beings are known to function as pets, service animals,
therapeutic animals, show animals and food source. Swine has contributed to humans more as
food source either in domesticated or wild form. Both the dog and swine have been useful to
human beings. When two useful animals are used figuratively and negatively to describe
unappreciative recipients of what is considered valuable, it indicates their loss of usefulness and
value to themselves and other human beings. They develop the negative dog-like and swine-
like personalities. What are negative, dog-like and swine-like personalities? They become
useless and void of innate values in themselves and therefore unable to share with others. They
develop unprovoked aggressive personalities whose behaviour is like a rabid dog. They hurt
anyone who gets into their path in life. They develop coarse, dirty and lazy personalities that
repel people socially.
Feedbacks to Dog-Like and Swine-Like Personalities

2. Feedbacks, whatever the form or subject matter, are considered valuable by the giver.
What gives values to feedbacks is the right intention, the efforts exercised to propose solutions,
the solutions themselves and the time invested in transmitting them. But, when, feedbacks are
given to unappreciative recipients who have dog-like and swine-like personalities, the
feedbacks becomes useless and results only in inviting personal attacks upon the giver. Here is
an example of a real-life event that took place in a University.
Mr. X, a Caucasian psychological ethics lecturer, condemned and insulted the entire
national ethics and ethical system of his host country in his lecture among a group of
International students. One of his Asian International students gave him a private feedback,
calling the condemnation and insult, as out-of-place and uncalled for, in an international class
lecture. The lecturer became defensive and condemned and labelled his student as being
aggressive and combative. To make the story short, the lecturer eventually misused his
influence and position, to persuade some of the other faculty members to victimize the student
covertly. After the turn of events, the student decided not to continue his further studies in that
faculty upon his graduation.
Now, this is an example of the damage that a dog-like and swine-like personality can do
in an educational institution. Not only did the university lose in terms of a bright student, it lost
potential revenue of a returning student. But the real damage was that one unappreciative
lecturer whose ego couldn’t accept a constructive feedback influenced a few others to become
like himself: dog-like and swine-like personalities. Now, collectively, the involved faculty
members have to overtly put on a show of respectability, rationalizing daily to drown-out their
ethical conscience. They have lost their professional and ethical values and are useless in
adding any values to their future students.
Dog-like and Swine-like Behaviours
Matthew 7:6 warns that giving anything of value to unappreciative recipients will result
in unappreciative behaviours, akin to trampling of a swine and biting of a dog. Literally
speaking, try spreading pearls in the path of a swine. As an animal that doesn’t know and care
about the value of pearls, it will just trample and shit over it. Try feeding a rabid dog. In its rabid
madness, it will turn and bite the hand that feeds it. When dog-like and swine-like personalities
have no sense of appreciation, they will be deficit of perceiving anything of value. Thus, their
reactions would be to trample, to bite and to shit over the giver and the giving of anything of
value.
When Not to Give

3. It is under these circumstances, it is better not to give feedbacks. Feedbacks are
valuable and to give them to unappreciative recipients who will only turn and hurt you, is an act
void of logic and benefits. It is better to stay away from trampling swine and biting dogs.
Remember, give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine.