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By Deborah Venable 11.19.01
Human interaction is a mystical series of actions and reactions
that carry all the drama of a nuclear chain reaction with much more
potential destruction built in. Power has fascinated mankind for the
duration of our existence on earth. Respected, deplored, envied,
criticized, worshipped and despised, power has been allowed to
enslave civilizations the world over through a universal acceptance
of the necessity of secrecy.
One individual’s power over another might ultimately depend on a
single secret the powerful may hold over the relenting soul who
wishes to keep that secret from being found out. Multiplied by
infinitum, secrets can easily bring down the best of civilizations.
Here’s the crux of my point: In a self-governing society, why do the
governed ever relinquish their right to the simple truth? Why did
we ever think that a government such as ours could survive while
we sanction the keeping of secrets by the various departments of
our ruling class?
If this is something you’ve never really thought about – good. Think
about it now. Conspiracy would be quite impossible in a world
without secrets. Evil intent does not deserve the cloak of secrecy.
Once the tree of knowledge was invaded, mankind began to bury
a good portion of the fruit it harvested, and a dark forest sprang up
around the original tree, which was lost in the foliage of evil intent.
Where is the power and who has it? Power is knowledge and only
those who can work through the labyrinth of falsehood can
acquire the knowledge of truth. They wield the power over the
ignorant masses that struggle through the jungle of conspiracy
theories and yield to the vines of security promised through
secrecy. The “for your own good” theory has convinced our
society of otherwise free spirits that secrets keep them safe. In
reality, however, those secrets are our shackles. They always have
been.
Secrecy and privacy are two entirely different things. This is best
illustrated by the contention of those who would impose a national
identification system on American citizens, saying that if you
have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. All the while, they
do their investigative work on the American public, innocent and
guilty alike, through elaborate organizations predicated on the
very principles of secrecy.
The fact that we might not wish to lay our private, not necessarily
secret, lives out for public scrutiny makes us somehow enemies
of those who would barter their freedoms for a false “feeling” of
safety. Laws must be constantly changed to allow for more and
more encroachments on privacy freedoms, yet secrecy abounds
within government officialdom unhampered and unquestioned. The
tree of knowledge has been all but choked out of existence
through a visceral assault on privacy and an unrelenting insistence
on secrecy for government and religious entities alike.
“Show me the money,” is quote that is uttered in answer to
demands of a guarantee that goods will be delivered. “Show me
the secrets” should become the battle cry for the warriors of truth
who are sick and tired of evil left unchecked. To a press that will
“leave no stone unturned” to dig up the dirt on individuals who may
have morally questionable private lives, but willingly turn a blind
eye to the secret knowledge troves of questionable entities, I
would simply say, “Show me the secrets.”
To a powerful government that uses the resources of a trusting
society to weave its ever-increasing web of deceit and
simultaneously deny access to while poisoning the tree of
knowledge, I would demand, “Show me the secrets.” To any
organization, private or public, that wraps its intent in veils of
secrecy, I would insist that you exist only after you “show me your
secrets.” With the bondage of intelligence in a free society thus
destroyed, I will show you an America and a world where evil
cannot rule over the power of truth.
Deborah Venable's book is now available. Check out "The
Professional Parent" now online at the News Ranch. Deborah
Venable
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