25-11-2010, 11:25 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:It may (or may not :flutecome as a shock to you David but the police do many things which are illegal not to mention immoral many of which I have witnessed with my own eyes. I don't know if the practice of kettling has been tested yet in the courts or under what laws they conduct such procedures there. But it is appalling that any one can be trapped there and not permitted to leave. I have heard of many parents going to the areas where their children where kettled and they were not permitted to enter or remove their children. Nor were they permitted to hand them warm clothing, water or food. No toilet facilities either. It was for a period of about 6 hours.
I have been pondering the sight of the police abusing children all day because these children want an education. What sort of civilised nation is that? Bankers needs before children? What other options do these children have if education is not shown to be an option? I hope the older one's, the students with licenses to drive, take to the highways next time, like the lorry drivers. No kettling there. No predictable routes for the police to block. "Sorry officer, my car wont start"
Of course, when you try to analyze the reasoning for kettling, it is, I think, not to defuse tensions, but rather to increase them. A kettle whistles under pressure, no?
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