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        %YEARNING FOR COMMUNAL & PERSONAL INTEGRITY 861226

     Normal  humans yearn for both personal  and  communal
integrity;  but are often frustrated by either personal or
communal ideals which lead to disintegration.

     When  communal  ideals  demand that  members  of  the
community  sacrifice personal integrity to be accepted  as
proper   members  of the community---such communal  ideals
lead  to   the  disintegration  of   personal   integrity,
and   so  ultimately  to the  disintegration  of  communal
integrity.

     When  individuals have ideals which demand that  they
be free of all  responsibility  to  help  promote communal
integrity---such    individual   ideals   lead   to    the
disintegration of communal integrity which is essential to
the sustenance of personal integrity.

     Individuals  and communities are interdependent  upon
each  other,  helping each other realize their  potentials
which are not fully known until they are realized  through
cooperative behavior.   For individuals or communities  to
challenge each other's integrity is disintegrative to both
individuals and communities.   Neither can advance its own
integrity  by  undermining  the integrity  of  the  other.
Coercion and violence do not promote integrity. Deception,
secrecy,  lies, confusion, etc.  do not promote integrity.
Technologies  which engender anxiety,   fear,  alienation,
resentment,   etc.   do not promote integrity---no  matter
what  may   be  the  intentions  of  those  who  implement
the technologies.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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