Finisher,
I couldn't tell whether you were channeling Dr. Phill, Frank Herbert, Horney, or Freud. Or maybe a combination of them all.
If I were you I would spend less time on the clinical definition of "denial" and maybe spend some time on the definition of "paranoia".
That being said I am a huge fan of Frank Herbert.
I grew up with a ring side seat to the "drug war" in Los Angeles and was more or less raised by a narcotics Detective with the LA County Sheriffs Dept. who made his son and I privy to a lot of things we probably never should have seen or heard. It was his intention to groom the both of us to one day follow in his foot steps as officers (that went out the window).
He started out good, but ended up as crooked as they come. He was eventually caught (along with twelve other deputies) for skimming millions in drug money and weapons. His son and I confronted him about it all and he didn't lie to me about anything he'd done
and many of the things he had to say to me and his son were very eye opening.This man was not some two bit flat foot either. He was very well educated in civics and international affairs and a veteran helicopter pilot. His career with the Sheriffs Dept. took him to the jungles of Mexico and Colombia. These truths are not the product of any paranoid delusion.
While serving in the Navy I was on my share of boarding parties off the coast of Mexico, Central and South America. I never did get a good explanation of why our military was stopping private vessels in international waters but I was not in a position to question anything. We were young and we did some pretty messed up things to people while the command turned a blind eye.
Funny thing is that we never found anything. We simply seized the vessels, turned them over to the local authority, and were strongly advised to keep our mouths shut. Bet you never heard of such a thing happening.
So you would imply that I may be paranoid when I say that something about the way or military does things doesn't seem on the up and up.
How much cocaine or heroine have you ever seen in one place personally? You might be old enough to remember when our schools were still teaching kids about the Boxer Rebellion, the Opium Wars and the the East India Trading Company.
It is the same game now that it was then, only it's no longer the "Crown" that is peddling this crap to people. In the 80's, it was the Russians, and now it's us. Hey, someones got to do it right.
If your so knowledgeable and I'm so paranoid, MAKE YOUR POINT BY REFUTING TM7's PRESENTATION WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE MAINSTREAM otherwise go back to your glowing CNN brainwash box.
But it's ok. I understand how fragile are the foundations of peoples belief systems (guess that also makes me paranoid huh).
I would absolutely go out of my mind if someone showed me irrefutable proof that my son died for private and corporate agendas and not all the religious and patriotic propaganda.
I don't think I could handle it and that's why I sympathize with those that chose to be hooked and reeled in. It is always a much easier path to stay with the flock.
If your only point is to imply that I'm paranoid, then step up and and be direct if that is ALL you have to IMPLY. Otherwise sir, your point is WHAT?