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     Compromise   is   the  art  of   achieving   conflict
resolution   through   the  withdrawal  of   inappropriate
affirmations of positive values.  People who are unwilling
to  compromise often seek to affirm certain values  as  if
they   were   of  ultimate  importance  in  all   possible
situations.   Such people cannot withdraw the  affirmation
of  a  positive  value when the value  is  being  affirmed
outside the range of it's propriety---for to them there is
an infinite  range  of propriety for their most  important
values.   For  them  to compromise is to be unfaithful  to
their  ultimate concern---so  compromise  is  unthinkable,
terrible, depraved, evil, etc.  They, as servants of their
ultimate  concerns,   must be soldiers in the war to  make
their  values  triumph over competing values  which  would
motivate different behavior in certain  unique situations.
As  servants  of  their ultimate values they will often be
found  avoiding conflict  resolution   through  collusion,
conspiracy,   delusion,  elusion,   extremism,   subtlety,
respectability, power-politics, violence, domination, etc.

     Those  who would seek to promote conflict  resolution
can do so by affirming the importance of open channels  of
communication,    and   through  the  withdrawal  of   the
affirmation  of positive values in situations where  their
affirmation  undermines  open  and  honest  communication.
Conflict  resolution  comes  through  mutual:   awareness,
understanding,  vulnerability, respect,  desire,  service,
and consummation;  none of which can occur in the  absence
of  open  channels of communication.   Those who  seek  to
avoid conflict resolution can do so by affirming values in
situations  where  to affirm them will block  channels  of
communication.  The ultimate sin is to intentionally block
channels  of communication.   It is the ultimate sin which
cannot  be  meaningfully  forgiven because  an  aspect  of
forgiveness  is  the  acceptance  of  the  restoration  of
communication  without  pre-condition  or  post-condition.
Arrogant self-righteous persons who believe themselves  to
be  saved by their service to idolatrous  positive  values
cannot compromise their principles and accept  forgiveness
and conflict resolution---so they promote violent conflict
and the technologies of violent conflict.

                                                                                                                               
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