29-01-2011, 07:15 PM
I'm inclined to agree Carsten. In many deep events the evidence is either hard to come by, and sometimes impossible to come by. In the UK secrecy is a byword when cover-ups are warranted by the state to protect its interests. This is less so in the US I understand.
However, the general result of the lack of evidence is that deep political observers must often simply make deductions based on what information is in the public domain, and then be ever prepared to update those deductions in the light of new information.
There is also the smell factor. Very unscientific, but often invaluable. Sometimes you just get a nose twitch, a gut feeling or intuition about an event that makes you sit up and take notice. Many people had this in the UK over the death of Dr. David Kelly, and have been probing for solid evidence ever since. The state, however, in the form of a Judge has ruled that the hard evidence is to be kept secret for 70 years.
The application of the 70-year rule is almost like a state flag that this was, indeed, a deep political event and one that is sufficiently significant enough to warrant a life-time of secrecy.
However, the general result of the lack of evidence is that deep political observers must often simply make deductions based on what information is in the public domain, and then be ever prepared to update those deductions in the light of new information.
There is also the smell factor. Very unscientific, but often invaluable. Sometimes you just get a nose twitch, a gut feeling or intuition about an event that makes you sit up and take notice. Many people had this in the UK over the death of Dr. David Kelly, and have been probing for solid evidence ever since. The state, however, in the form of a Judge has ruled that the hard evidence is to be kept secret for 70 years.
The application of the 70-year rule is almost like a state flag that this was, indeed, a deep political event and one that is sufficiently significant enough to warrant a life-time of secrecy.
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