Friday, March 17, 2023

Where Arrogance and Ego Intersect

As the federal government drafts its spring budget, fiscal experts say it should consider stricter spending rules and higher taxes to improve federal finances. The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Not everyone is arrogant but everyone

has an ego, even those quietly assuming

nothing, taking pains in all they do to be

the very epitome of a thoughtful and reliable 

mind known for dedication to justice. As one

of such great integrity this man has enjoyed

the respect of those whose own sense of

perception is clouded with partisan issues.

Suddenly his legacy built on years of public

service is crumbling and where once his

saintly figure served as an icon of selfless

devotion to truth and fairness that vision

has been shattered, he  himself the instrument

of the shocking defamation circulating from

among his previous influential admirers. It is not 

a fickle gaggle of erstwhile supporters now

responsible for such a change of fortune but

his own inexplicable decision to accept a

position of enquiry that now sullies his name.

There are times when people devout in their

neutrality are approached with invitations

to test the depth of their character; the wise 

demur, while those infused with ego do not.

 

 

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