12-02-2012, 04:13 PM
The following overused-to-the-point-of-cliche, under-appreciated quote from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius may be of some help to us:
"Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?"
More suitable for our purposes may be this humbly offered suggestion:
"We cannot discover the 'who' and 'why' of a deep political event until we understand and reach meaningful consensus regarding the 'how' of its nature."
"How" was JFK killed? Based upon impartial investigations of legitimate evidence, we can answer thusly and to the degree of metaphysical certitude: By multiple gunmen exhibiting the skills of world-class marksmen and operating in a coordinated fashion suggestive of a military-style operation unrestricted by security measures commonly devoted to the target yet absent during the attack.
Only by knowing and then reverse-engineering the "how" can we hope to identify the "who" and the "why" of this event.
"How" were the WTC buildings destroyed and the Pentagon attacked?
"Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?"
More suitable for our purposes may be this humbly offered suggestion:
"We cannot discover the 'who' and 'why' of a deep political event until we understand and reach meaningful consensus regarding the 'how' of its nature."
"How" was JFK killed? Based upon impartial investigations of legitimate evidence, we can answer thusly and to the degree of metaphysical certitude: By multiple gunmen exhibiting the skills of world-class marksmen and operating in a coordinated fashion suggestive of a military-style operation unrestricted by security measures commonly devoted to the target yet absent during the attack.
Only by knowing and then reverse-engineering the "how" can we hope to identify the "who" and the "why" of this event.
"How" were the WTC buildings destroyed and the Pentagon attacked?
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene