Does loyalty even exist anymore?

From this viewpoint, the perspective of the citizen, author and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier argues in favour of whistleblowers on his blog

It's not my place to question Tom's loyalty.

It isn't my place to question Tom's loyalty.

Certainly, there are public opinion leaders, whose loyalty is bought.

Several senior military officers whose loyalty was questionable were also replaced.

With dissent suppressed, the authenticity of citizens loyalty becomes irrelevant.

It's not my place to question Tom's loyalty.

It isn't my place to question Tom's loyalty.

Clearly, it is legitimate to interrogate a future Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) about his views on abortion.

But it is entirely out of place when appointees to scientific advisory committees are subjected to tests of political loyalty.

Like communism, which once promised absolution for the worst crimes in exchange for loyalty, Russia's current state religion allows, even encourages, misdeeds including murder so long as one is loyal to God.

Yet Saleh retains the loyalty of the interior ministry, the Republican Guard, and part of the air force.

In short, our allegiances, particularly in the West, have rarely seemed more divided than they do now.

The regime s ideology, after all, places the state and loyalty to the rulers ahead of private property and merit.

First, the fact that leaving the company usually meant cashing in one s pension at a discount increased worker loyalty.

The candidate countries have simply shown loyalty to the US at a time when the US needs them.

Now that Syria s Sunnis have risen up against their Alawite rulers, Christians loyalty to the regime has become a liability, even a danger.

It may have jeopardized short term sales, but it builds lasting, long term loyalty based on shared values.

The middle two sections make up our limbic brains, and our limbic brains are responsible for all of our feelings, like trust and loyalty.

It cannot be the case that America's fidelity to democracy in Ukraine can be so cynically purchased.

And, in both North and Sub Saharan Africa, brand loyalty is strong, averaging 58 .

Of course, politicians incite many of these conflicts, using caste, sect, and religion not political ideas to build voter loyalty.

The allegiance of the FMLN s congressional caucus lies primarily with the party s traditional structure and only accidentally with Funes.

For example, MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka has incorporated into the workplace nursing stations, on site banking, and company buses that ease employees commutes and facilitate participation in sports programs. Such measures not only lead to increased productivity they also bolster loyalty, morale, and thus employee retention.

Such measures not only lead to increased productivity they also bolster loyalty, morale, and thus employee retention.

Green Wave Voice aslo created a trailer for the 11 February demonstration where the words courage , loyality and democracy have been emphasised.

In an impassioned bit of rhetoric Kadyrov ridiculed Zhirinovsky and at the same time reaffirmed his loyalty to Putin and to the Russian state

A small number of young Muslims later fought with the Taliban. But most British Muslims condemned them, insisting on loyalty to Britain.

He defended Nixon steadfastly, but later as Nixon's complicity became clear, Bush focused more on defending the Republican Party, while still maintaining loyalty to Nixon.

A nominee for the National Institutes of Health's Muscular Dystrophy Research Coordinating Committee told of being vetted by a White House staff member.

The current epidemic of ideology, in which advisory committees are shut down and reassembled with new members, and candidates are subjected to loyalty tests, seems old hat to some observers.

Under Charles de Gaulle, France combined faithfulness to the Western cause in time of crisis with a strong willingness to promote its diplomatic independence and freedom of maneuver.

The dark skinned Zakaria, a naturalized American from India with a Ph.D. from Harvard, felt compelled to affirm his loyalty for America twice.

But his power, too, relies on the votes of countries outside Western Europe, and their loyalty, too, is secured by the promise of TV rights and commercial franchises.

Robert Kuok, the Malaysian owner of Hong Kong's major English language newspaper, the South China Morning Post , is one of Mr. Tung's friends and fiercely loyal to China's leaders.

But they actually reflect frustration among a population that has been poorly governed by a succession of leaders picked by China s central government more for their loyalty than their competence.

The nation state, the classic provider of security and basic wellbeing in exchange for citizens loyalty, is under threat both at home and as the fundamental unit of international affairs.

Mobs wearing red shirts to symbolize their loyalty to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are now camped out in two major commercial areas, paralyzing a large part of the local economy.

Work life balance is a somewhat unfamiliar concept in Japan, where loyalty to one's company often comes first.

By ignoring tribal affinities, Europeans hoped to create an Africa whose allegiance was to nation first and tribe second (or not at all). Africa's independence leaders of the late 1950s and early 1960s essentially opposed tribal power.

That would have pushed Kadyrov even further away from Russian control at a time when the Kremlin has become increasingly unable, and possibly reluctant, to purchase his loyalty.

He was chosen for his unquestioning loyalty, and it is difficult to envisage Putin playing second fiddle to a man who has been his underling for 18 years.

By ignoring tribal affinities, Europeans hoped to create an Africa whose allegiance was to nation first and tribe second (or not at all).

All over Central Asia, authorities, state controlled media, and religious figures tirelessly praise their countries' political leaders, mainly in the hope of preserving jobs and statuses by demonstrating loyalty to those in power.