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FASCISM
(or why do Irish politicians lie so much?)
Irish politics has changed a lot in the last few years. A growing number of our politicians have been caught doing wrong things and various tribunals have repeatedly exposed numerous and huge corruption scandals, with brown envelopes full of money being given to top politicians for planning and other favors. Very few politicians and no judges seem to get convicted as they deny, lie and twist events to effectively say “you can’t catch me”. There seems to be no end to the size of this problem. We even had an attempt by politicians under tribunal investigation to limit the financial cost of tribunals so (we are informed seriously) as to not cripple the exchequer that has to pay the excessive legal fees for both sides in some cases. But the reality is that any such limit would be a great mechanism to exhaust the process of proper investigation into the corruption and leave the tribunal judges with insufficient information on which to base their judgments. This type of trickery is in fact an attempt by the corrupt to bully the judges. Most judges are political appointees as seen with each new government appointing their favorites. But we are lucky in Ireland in that many of our judges are not controlled by the corrupt politicians and their financiers. But some Irish judges are very obviously influenced or guided by their money masters; some judges have openly declared as and are even known to be members of Opus Dei, the fundamental fascist cult of the biggest church in Ireland. For many senior people in Ireland today telling lies now seems to be standard procedure, spin doctoring and other forms of re-presentation and the half lie and the outright dodge backed up governance have become standard policy. What is going on and how can it be stopped?
A part of the Sli an Drui (or Path of the Druid) is not being involved in politics because it is a discipline where we do not have the relevant skills and it has very little to do with spiritual awareness. Under special circumstances however, permission may be granted by the World Druid Order for a Druid member to become involved in politics but normally no member would consider this extreme action. I, as an Ard Drui (Arch Druid) and full member of the World Druid Order feel the need to share my own opinion as to why so many Irish politicians tell so many lies so often because I believe that this constant dishonesty is destroying the very fabric of our society from the top down. I will not enter politics but in the interests of encouraging truth and honesty I offer the following opinion on why they lie so easily and so often.
Is telling a half lie wrong? I reckon it is, especially if the person actually knows the full truth but chooses to lie. Politicians lie because they know that they can get away with it because it is only a small ‘sin’ or spin of words. They believe themselves to be above the law of the land because they can make the laws or change / modify the laws or cause some judges to deliver an interpretation of the law to suit their agendas. Why do they think that this is ok? How did thinking like this become so common? Where did such notions evolve from? And most of all – how can such attitudes be changed to deliver real truth instead of carefully packaged falsehoods?
Little boys and little girls tell little lies/sins and it seems that as they get bigger so do their lies/sins. In a society based on truth this would not happen because the habit would be nipped in the bud. But here in Ireland we have a system that actually encourages lies and dishonesty. I am going to suggest that in part this has happened because as a society we no longer respect the truth, instead we fear poverty and thereby glorify wealth above all else. This situation can be seen as the effects of not having the core concept of Brehon Law in our hearts and minds anymore. In the Brehon system it is the spirit or intention of the law that must be honored, but in the English law system (that we have inherited) in Ireland it is the word of the law that is interpreted. It can be understood that the more money you have the more interpretation of the law you can get or put another way – you can buy the best legal mind to present the most favorable version of the word of the law for your money or another way - the best legal minds will search intensively for a loophole for you (even if you are guilty) if you can pay them enough money.
But working with the Word of English Law and not the Spirit of Brehon Law is only a part of the problem because there is a secondary back up system for telling lies and getting away with it. It is called ‘Confession’ – this neat trick allows those who lie to ‘get it off their conscience’ and to feel good again. This technique is used by the main church is an important funding mechanism and in fact is a religious tax on dishonesty that I see as a “Guilt Tax on Sin”. An example follows -
The judge who has just made a corrupt decision in court enters the confessional box in church and says “Bless me father for I have sinned”. The Priest smiles because he knows the voice and the prosperity levels of its owner and when the sin (deliberate wrong doing) has been told the priest replies “Four Hail Marys, two Our Fathers and 5000 euro into the box – cheques accepted”. “The judge replies “Thank you father” and the Priest replies “See you again next week” while rubbing his hand together in financial pleasure. Effectively, the judge has got rid of his guilt, the priest has been given money to take away this guilt and the judge can do the same sin over and over again and the priest will happily take the money over and over again. This money given to the church must be seen as a ‘Guilt Tax’. These priests have escaped any or all obligation to report these crimes (such as a judges corrupt decision) to the authorities because of a special law they made to keep it all quiet. The politician will visit the same priest of course but will probably pay his or her ‘Guilt Tax’ in an unmarked brown envelope filled with used, unmarked notes...
The first system of twisting the word of the law avoiding the spirit of the law is based on high intelligence, skillful presentation and of course big money. The second system means that the judge and the politician can both repeatedly do wrong things and get away with it because they pay a ‘Guilt Tax’ to the church. The church is in fact financially dependent on the wealthy repeatedly doing wrong things because it is an important and major income stream for a global organization that does not produce any goods. When looked at from a higher humorous perspective “the church depends on sin for its very survival”.
But it is not the fault of the church that politicians lie so much, they merely extract money from the wrong doing. The fault lies directly in the choices that the politicians make, in who they serve but ultimately it lies in the lies they tell themselves as they knowingly make those wrong choices.
In a system based on the Spirit of the Law you would not be allowed to ‘get away with it’ on a regular basis because a ‘Guilt Tax on Sin’ would not exist. There was no sin in Ireland before the church created the concept. In pre-church times - a single mistake or deliberate act would have education or reparations or restitution as a consequence. But doing the same wrong thing over and over would be seen as a lack of or a sign of poor mental health and cause the person to lose their place in society. Judges, lawyers and politicians would have to completely change their way of business to express honesty, integrity and the highest understanding of truth or lose their standing / salary in society.
No sin means no guilt tax which in turn means not living by clever twists of the word of the law which means that politicians and judges could no longer ‘get away with it’ anymore. It would also mean that we Irish would abandon English Law and return to the Spirit of the Law or the Brehon system of truth. This in turn, might help speed up the final dissolving of the church of fear and its system of sin, fear and separation from the God and Goddess. It might seem a bit far fetched but just for a few moments imagine a world without sin and all that goes with it – and imagine instead a world filled with love, honesty and truth. It exists already in our hearts - we just need to make the correct choices to express it as best as we can. The Spirit of Brehon Law is in its’ intention to honour truth so when we connect with truth and become really clear on what we want to say and do because of our understanding of the truth; we are aligned with the highest good and express the native traditional laws of this land.
Con Connor
Ireland's Druidschool
6 Dec 08
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