24-10-2013, 09:51 AM
Yes, but will he be given a real deterrent?
His "punishment" will likely be to lose his political life and clout.
I never tire of seeing UK Parliamentarians who have engaged in the most appalling feeding at the trough and other betrayals of public trust, being banished, by their peers, from the House of Parliament for two or three weeks, when criminal charges would often be more appropriate. Temporary banishment is regarded as as a sufficient censure.
One rule for us and another for them, is the way I normally see things.
His "punishment" will likely be to lose his political life and clout.
I never tire of seeing UK Parliamentarians who have engaged in the most appalling feeding at the trough and other betrayals of public trust, being banished, by their peers, from the House of Parliament for two or three weeks, when criminal charges would often be more appropriate. Temporary banishment is regarded as as a sufficient censure.
One rule for us and another for them, is the way I normally see things.
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