Film Review: Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton: Just pretend this isn’t madness–by Dr. James Murtagh, Jr.
[Cross-posted, with permission, from Op-Ed news]
Michael Clayton: Just pretend this isn’t madness–by Dr. James Murtagh, Jr.
[Cross-posted, with permission, from Op-Ed news]
Subtitle: Living Inside Your Discomfort Zone
“Is our society’s increased mental stress and emotional suffering, a symptomatic response to our increased compromising of moral principles for selfish gain?
(“For my new and precious friends at Whistleblower Support Center… Those for whom cause is justification enough to act…And, the rest of us who “stand around” watching you exercise our morality… for us!! May we soon join greater forces with one other!”) – Phil Towle, May 2011
A new ‘whistleblower’ website launched on Thursday is under attack from privacy and computer security experts. The website, “SafeHouse,” is a creation of the Wall Street Journal. Critics include Rik Ferguson, a security analyst at Trend Micro, Jacob Appelbaum, senior developer on the Tor online anonymity network, and Paul Mutton, a web security tester. [Guardian]
“In tribute to those who sustain our truth under threat of losing their lives for our morality!”
Each of us carries our own “whistle…”
It’s called “conscience…”
Its purpose: to regulate our own morality…
Yes, we do know what is right, what is wrong…
And, we definitely know the difference…
Yet, employing a plethora of worthless excuses,
We humans freely compromise our conscience…