05-11-2009, 12:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2009, 04:16 PM by David Guyatt.)
Quote:Article VIII: Status of Personnel
1. ... Colombia shall grant United States personnel and their dependents the privileges, exemptions, and immunities accorded to the administrative and technical staff of a diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention.
That's a first (or is it?). Gun toting soldiers are treated as diplomats and accorded the full protections of the Vienna Convention.
In other words, they can randomly shoot someone - anyone - burglarize or engage in any activities whatsoever and the worst that will happen is that they can be made persona non grate and must leave the country.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14