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                          %COMMUNITY OF OBJECTIVITY 860719

     People  who  are  committed  to  objectivity  form  a
community   within   which   members  seek  approval   and
affirmations  upon  the  basis  of  their  commitment   to
objectivity.  Members of all communities seek each other's
approval   and   affirmations  upon  the  basis   of   the
commitments which integrate the community into a  coherent
whole.    The community of objectivists is no different in
this regard.

     What is different about the community of objectivists
is  that in seeking each other's approval and  affirmation
upon the basis of their mutual  commitment to objectivity,
many  of them violate the extended commitment which   they
have tacitly made:    to always behave objectively.  Since
it  is  impossible  to  always  behave objectively,   that
commitment, when made, must be sustained only as part of a
collusive  game of mutual self deception;  a   game  which
undermines the integrity of the community of objectivists,
since it  requires that the members obscure behavior which
is  not objective,  to make it appear to  be objective  in
nature.    Objectivists  who  are  seeking  each   other's
approval and affirmations of the basis of their commitment
to exclusive objectivity,  must conceal  from  each  other
that  in seeking  each  other's approval and  affirmation,
they are violating the rules of their commitment  in terms
of which they are seeking approval and affirmation! Knots!

     In  order  to  keep  their  commitment to objectivity
objectivists  tacitly  agree  not  to  analyze  their  own
behavior; for to do so would explicitly involve themselves
in  the  subject/object of their  analysis.    That  would
expose  their  game  of  mutual  self  deception regarding
always being objective.  Taboo!

     People who agree never to analyze their own  behavior
thereby  make  it  impossible  for  themselves  to  behave
wisely.   They can not engage in error correction  because
to  recognize  your  own  mistakes is to  engage  in  non-
objective behavior.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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