14-03-2010, 10:40 AM
What gets me is the absolute malice involved in starting the thread to play this out in public. If there were any real belief that it was a genuine complaint then it should've been handled privately amongst the admins and moderators.
But to make it a public excoriating exercise to flay Peter in public 6 months after the apparent "misunderstanding" was made is simply beyond evil.
It could have been nothing but a "get Peter" campaign and when I look at those who went along with it, and those who publicly defended Peter, but have since shut up their gobs when told to do so, I am left baffled by what manner of people they really are.
But to make it a public excoriating exercise to flay Peter in public 6 months after the apparent "misunderstanding" was made is simply beyond evil.
It could have been nothing but a "get Peter" campaign and when I look at those who went along with it, and those who publicly defended Peter, but have since shut up their gobs when told to do so, I am left baffled by what manner of people they really are.
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