@ECCE HOMO,
If I were to argue that what gets discussed never changes in value (so a discussion about marriage is always the same), would that be a problem if different instances of the same something being discussed has different impacts on reality elsewhere?
E.g. a discussion about marriage in the 1910's that indirectly causes the first world war, and a discussion about marriage in the 21st century that means the difference of whether someone has a career.