In working my way through the mental maze I considered bringing up this issue at OM because there are some folks there that are really quite good at the dissection of the finer points of truth. J I also wanted to confess to the world if I had made a mistake or error. I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I try to practice what I preach.

Then I got to thinking about the Golden Rule. I had always thought of this interpreted as a kind of moral law of cause and effect but then I began to think of it as a moral measuring stick. That was interesting idea. So I pulled out my golden rule to measure the issue of the breaking of confidences. I thought if I were in the shoes of the other and under the same circumstances, would I want somebody to break a confidence with me. In both of these cases I decided that I would.

In the first case there could have been real danger to both InfoTech and AJ. In this second case with Gordon, I did violate Ron’s confidence to make a point which would in itself have been a mistake. But Ron has now violated not only the law but ethical and moral principles when he entered my yahoo mailbox without my permission. I guess that was what sent me over the edge and why I wrote this breaking of confidences into the script of the past article and outed Ron. This would once again in itself is tricky because if he had told me he had smoked dope, I would not have ratted on him. So it’s not exactly a legal issue either.

So once again I pull out the golden rule and make a moral check. I don’t believe the drug laws are constitutional. I feel that they violate people’s constitutional rights in the search for happiness regardless of what others might think. This is, unless a person gets into say, a car and risks the lives of others, which is another matter all together. I think I am right on this but I would like to hear other people’s points of view because this issue cuts right to the heart of relationships, confidences and trust. I will let the OM surgeons go to work on this one and see what they come up with.

Moving along it would appear that Steve Broadbent has bailed, wanting out of wonderland. He asked Ron and I to take him off any mailing lists and that essentially he wanted out of this madhouse. J I wrote him back and asked him to try to hang on and to read this last post of mine. I told him he was out of his league and that I was doing his work for him. J

I noticed on Dan’s OM threat that Dan said something to the effect that one would not want to meet Ron down a back ally and that he had actually met with Ron this way once. Of course I would agree with Dan on this. But Dan I did not meet Ron on the mean streets did I. Dan after that first long conversation on the phone didn’t I invite him (baited him) to come play on our lighted playground or stage? I took on all the technological power and talent of the United States Government with an old laptop, flash drive and free library computers. I bested Ron because like Beowulf I fought this little demon naked, and on the Internet in front of all his fellow rogues without any armor or weapons.

Now this has been an exercise in true soft power, showing what is possible if we can leave our egos, armor and weapons behind, to do battle with honesty and truthfulness. We did all this in a period of less than a month I think. Ron has been at this for years. If he wants to up the stakes again more, why all of us could be up in front of Congress and on Cspan wouldn’t that be a hoot?

On the other hand I could end up dead if I am left to stand alone and my friends desert me, not a very pleasant thought indeed and perhaps I will leave the stage for awhile with drink and popcorn in hand to proceed up into the peanut gallery will all the rest of the spectators for the rest of the show. I have no illusions, one person can only do so much alone and I don’t really want to be a marter.

I said over and over again after the call that I was interrogating Ron and Dan playing on Ron’s arrogance. J Then Ron responded with an email I think and then I gave Ron my phone number and asked him if he wished to give me a call. He very promptly arrived on time at nine. He was considerate of the fact that I only have unlimited minutes on my cell phone after 9pm and during weekends.

That’s when Ron and I had the almost hour long conversation in which we both sized each other up. I was very impressed at how well Ron could evaluate personalities in the UFO field. He did a very good analysis of Bob Collins personality and emotional state that even went a little above my head. This resulted in me doing a superficial analysis of Ron from the “interrogation” that I never published because that was what he was projecting to me and wanted me to see. I could feel something much deeper was going on and gathered up the impressions later. Sort of like reverse speech I guess.

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