By Peter G. Vajda
Hardly a day goes by that the newspapers,
magazines, TV talk shows, and workplace water cooler conversation does not
include some mention of Bruno, Bernie and Blago – notorious folks who have been
accused of actions that are either immoral or unethical, but folks who maintain
that “I have done nothing illegal.” There seems to be no end to the line of
folks who wait their turn to point their accusatory finger at Illinois Governor
Rod Blagojevich, New York’s former State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno
and the infamous financier Bernie Madoff.
Each of these three individuals has concocted a “story” that allows them to
rationalize and justify their immoral or unethical behavior – a story each uses
to absolve themselves of blame or guilt so that they can create their own
so-called truth and not own their inappropriate behavior. Thus, their “I did
nothing illegal” story or some flavor of it is simply a ploy to evade
self-responsibility.
However, there’s something more here in the groundswell of the masses who are
so quick to judge others. What is not being “outed” among this list of folks
who aggressively assert their “legal non-guilt” in order to mask their
unethical behavior is that this list does not include another individual, and that
is “Everyman” – you and me.
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