04-07-2013, 09:06 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Nah.....One set of rules for 'them'; one for the rest of us. 'They' leak regularly very Top Secret stuff - when it suits them for political or financial advantage - even just to boast or threaten. However, a real pleb whistleblower trying to alert the rest of the plebs of illegality or worse is apt to get the Manning/Assange/Snowden treatment - or worse.
Oddly enough... I agree entirely. :mexican:
Whenever we see one set of rules invoked against a particular person or group, we probably need to post a contrasting example of another set of rules being invoked that insist on blind eyes being turned for the same sort of activity.
One example here would be the sale of US top secret info and weapons including nuclear secrets via the Turkish American Council mob for sale to the highest bidder including, possibly, international terrorists - a shocking story largely outed by Sybil Edmonds. This example, obviously, is nothing new.
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