Wikileak 900lb gorilla weakens house structure. A fable

Without looking at what Google may say, I think the expression, ‘900 lb gorilla in the room’ refers to people avoiding the obvious.

Instead of talking the gorilla -aka Wikileak- down to a manageable size, people in the room prefer to taunt it with ‘nasty and hate’ like calling it a traitor and asking for its assassination and wishing it ill will and the like. Someone in the room even manages to call the gorilla ‘Anti-Semitic’.

Now the emotional and sobbing gorilla is stomping its feet, shifting its 900 pounds from one foot to the other and with fledgling arms, the erratic commotion begins weakening the very foundation of the house.

Chandeliers fall from the ceiling, sofas, tables, chairs, china plates and wine filled goblets fly around the room smashing against the walls. Some of the people also can be observed flying around the room each time with temporary resting places as others struggle, anyway they can, to continue throwing ‘nasty and hate’ at the gorilla when, alas, the gorilla dies. It dies from exhaustion and a broken heart.

Its body commence to immediately decompose, emitting the foul odor of death, and as the people in the room quickly discover, the gorilla dies with its massive body blocking the only exit from the room.

The moral: Ignore a 900lb gorilla in the room at your own peril. It could develop into a life or death situation in more ways than one. (Smile)

Secrecy In The Cloud
David Kurtz
Excerpt:
I work for a mid-size defense contractor. Earlier this week the corporate security office sent a memo to everyone reminding us that: 1) Wikileaks was blocked at the company firewall; and 2) people who had security clearances should not go to the Wikileaks site on their home computer.
Read more at:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/12/secrecy_in_the_cloud.php#more?ref=fpblg

Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/5/925710/-Wikileak-usage-warning-to-Columbia-Students-and-USAID-
As always,
BB