10-12-2010, 11:25 PM
I found it moving (the gunship incident revisited was particularly searing) and I also found it convincing. The documentary film makers had that as their goal, and I think and it worked well for them.
Assange is who he is.
And I'm now inclined to respect who he is and why he is what he is.
In the last analysis he has brought the sham of "freedom and democracy" into the open. The fact that all that clear, bright sunlight cannot be tolerated by the powers that be - and that they are now doing something to stop it, cannot surprise any of us.
Assange is who he is.
And I'm now inclined to respect who he is and why he is what he is.
In the last analysis he has brought the sham of "freedom and democracy" into the open. The fact that all that clear, bright sunlight cannot be tolerated by the powers that be - and that they are now doing something to stop it, cannot surprise any of us.
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