So Games of Thrones session 7 was fantastic!
And the evil ruler of Westeros in King's Landing, Cersei Lannister, never ceases to amaze in her deviousness and wrongdoing.
There is a great existential threat to the 7 Kingdoms as 100,000 strong army of White Walkers and a zombie dragon (as Air Force) invades from beyond the wall in the far north.
And while Jon Snow (King of the North) and Daenerys Targaryen (Queen heir to the 7 Kingdoms) unites to fight them, Cersei seeks to win it all for herself.
Cersei gives her word to join them with her armies in the fight against the invaders, but instead she backtracks and plans to conquer them from the south as they faceoff with the enemy to the north.
This is the classic treachery of getting the upper hand and working to divide and conquer.
As the Queen of Evil, Cersei will torture and kill anyone in her path to power, even threatening her own brother and incest partner, Ser Jaime, so turning on her competition to the Iron Throne is just a walk in the park for her.
Unfortunately, this is really a tale of everyday life...where people band together to fight big enemies that threaten us--whether from violence, poverty, or illness--and someone always uses the war of the day as an opportunity to benefit themselves.
Whether it's arms trafficking, human smuggling, drug profiteering, intellectual property theft, money laundering or someone else trying to get rich, famous, and powerful by exploiting an opening for themselves, there is always a Cersei!
Cerseis are people that don't care about solving large institutional or global problems--but instead are selfish and seek to capitalize on them.
While the White Walkers invade, Cersei is counting bodies of her enemies fending them off, while she seeks to take over once the battlefield is full of everyone else's corpses.
Cerseis are people you know at work, school, in the community and in politics...they take when others give, and they don't give back in return, because they want what everyone else has and works for, and that is how they win the Game of Thrones in everyday life.
How do you stop the Cerseis of the world--anyone got some Dragonglass? ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to HBO via the New York Times)
Showing posts with label Backstabbers. Show all posts
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August 30, 2017
August 4, 2017
Two-Faced Monsters
One of the scariest things with people are when they are two-faced.
And no, we're not talking about people making funny faces or googly eyes.
My father use to joke:
"If that person was two-faced, they would never use that face {the one they are wearing now}!"
But many people really do have two-faces (and sometimes more).
- The seeming friend, but backstabber if they get the chance.
- The "goodie two-shoes," but what a real mischievous side to them.
- The "nice boy/girl," but what an unbelievable mean streak.
- The calm, quiet person, but what an explosive temper they really have.
- The person who it seems "would never hurt a fly," but what an abuser and bully they are.
This is not about multiple personality disorder, but rather people who either are truly this AND that, or who "fake it to make it."
Many people do have multiple "normal" sides to their personality (like hardworking, but playful).
However, others more malevolently, use a cover up (and it's not mascara) to hide their inner bad natures/behaviors and demons.
These are the people that are really scary dudes (and dudettes).
You see one thing on the surface (superficially), but beneath it is a type of molten lava ready to explode and do very bad things.
Sure, everyone alternates between good and bad days, happy and sad, more loving or less, etc.
But when people are fundamentally insincere phonies who are deceiving others until they can but strike and do bad things to them, then they are not just two-faced, but seriously f*cked up!
This is all part of the fight in this world of good over evil--it goes on everyday with the monsters out there that are allowed to roam free and prey on others--perhaps some of afraid or even others are covering for them.
How long can they keep up their heinous act?
Often way too long, until those good people of faith and conscience ask when will they be unmasked and held accountable--when will justice prevail. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
And no, we're not talking about people making funny faces or googly eyes.
My father use to joke:
"If that person was two-faced, they would never use that face {the one they are wearing now}!"
But many people really do have two-faces (and sometimes more).
- The seeming friend, but backstabber if they get the chance.
- The "goodie two-shoes," but what a real mischievous side to them.
- The "nice boy/girl," but what an unbelievable mean streak.
- The calm, quiet person, but what an explosive temper they really have.
- The person who it seems "would never hurt a fly," but what an abuser and bully they are.
This is not about multiple personality disorder, but rather people who either are truly this AND that, or who "fake it to make it."
Many people do have multiple "normal" sides to their personality (like hardworking, but playful).
However, others more malevolently, use a cover up (and it's not mascara) to hide their inner bad natures/behaviors and demons.
These are the people that are really scary dudes (and dudettes).
You see one thing on the surface (superficially), but beneath it is a type of molten lava ready to explode and do very bad things.
Sure, everyone alternates between good and bad days, happy and sad, more loving or less, etc.
But when people are fundamentally insincere phonies who are deceiving others until they can but strike and do bad things to them, then they are not just two-faced, but seriously f*cked up!
This is all part of the fight in this world of good over evil--it goes on everyday with the monsters out there that are allowed to roam free and prey on others--perhaps some of afraid or even others are covering for them.
How long can they keep up their heinous act?
Often way too long, until those good people of faith and conscience ask when will they be unmasked and held accountable--when will justice prevail. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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May 12, 2015
Yeah, A Pat On The Back
Some people deserve a pat on the back--truly great job, went the extra mile, great collaboration, communication, and results.
Others deserve A PAT ON THE BACK (or a good kick in the behind)--nasty, dirty, selfish, do little, take a lot, backstabbers.
I only know people in the first category. ;-)
(Source Doodle: Linkedin)
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