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                     %KINDS OF ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION 870121

     People  are accepted/rejected on many grounds.    The
quality  and  extent of personal  and  communal  integrity
within a collection  of  people depends upon what kinds of
grounds  they  accept/reject each other;  and so upon  the
quality  and  extent of dialogue among  them  about  their
experiences.

     The kinds and quality of unity in a com-unity depends
upon  the  kinds and qualities of grounds for unity,   for
being  together,  for interacting,  for being in dialogue.
We  interact intimately with people whom we  accept.    We
interact less, or with violence, with those whom we do not
accept; whom we reject.

     We  can not be secure with each other unless we  know
and     understand     our     grounds     for      mutual
acceptance/rejection.   Such knowledge is necessary,   but
not  the  sufficient  grounds for  security.    There  are
grounds for acceptance/rejection which lead to  insecurity
and  violence even when they are well known,   understood,
and used according to commonly agreed upon rules.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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