And now for something...

...  completely different, with many thanks to the MP's

Some perhaps recently watched the 2-part special on the NSA scandal, detailing what they have been doing - for over a decade now with no end in sight - to erode the privacy of everyone alive who uses technology. According to them (the mean ol' government): "To keep us all safe from the evil-doing terrorists." According to us (everyone alive): "Big Brother! Overlords! Back OFF!"

It was interesting for a number or reasons, the least of which is the ease ordinary minds will have siding with the "privacy protectors," while railing against the "privacy tramplers." After all, there is obviously a conspiracy afoot to take more from the citizens of the world than they ever give back, even while the tramplers say otherwise. "Hey, we are keeping you MORE safe; so what if we read ALL your Internet and Phone traffic - you should be glad we're doing it!" Or, put another way, the powerful always take advantage of the weak, and that will never change, so quit complaining!

But there is always "the third side of the story" which is NEVER told, certainly not by the "protectors" or the "tramplers." The reason should be clear enough - they CAN not, because they don't perceive it. The "protectors" think they are completely and totally "in the right," and the "tramplers" think they are completely and totally "in the right," so there is no way to convince anyone otherwise. Human life is not simply a Duality, however, though it seems that way. It is a Triality, which is rarely if ever seen by anyone. It is necessary to withhold judgement and opinion in order to even begin to see the Third Side of every story.

Consider yourself, right now, willingly giving over private thoughts, images, web searches, and web links to the "powers that be" without even thinking about it anymore. Technology has already become fully integrated into the lifestyles of everyone on the planet who regularly uses it, and its reach is increasing exponentially every day, while we accept all of this "encroachment" with a smile... ("Thank you sir, may I have another?") But when we begin find out even a little bit of what's going on - like right now, and that will surely increase over time - very few will stop using it, even then. Humans are already hooked, like fishes on the line. The technology has already become so integrated into our ordinary lives that we can't go back.

Even as one side tries to hide everything they are doing, and to keep doing that and more, the other side tries to find out everything they are doing, and put a stop to it now, and yet neither seems to understand the Larger Truth. Neither side can succeed - hiding it completely, or finding out everything - because both sides can not SEE THE WHOLE THING, only a very small part, and it is with that almost insignificant bit of information in relation to a greater whole, that all their judgments and opinions are formed. Incomplete information is the Rule when it comes to human interactions and activities - in all things, everywhere - and taking sides usually gets one nothing but a headache, and perhaps a stomach ache, and perhaps something even worse (like an excuse for suicide.)

You can download the documentary here 

via uTorrent. 
Or, online: Part 1 and Part 2.