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               %GENERALIZATION OF TABOO INHIBITIONS 870127

     Taboos  forbid  not only specific actions,   but  the
discussion of that which is forbidden.  It is forbidden to
discuss   the  logic  and  reasons  for  a  taboo.     The
enforcement must be absolute and without reason.   To feel
safely  conformed fearful people are likely to  generalize
the scope  of a  taboo.   Yet,  it is taboo is discuss the
proper range of extension of a taboo,  because it is taboo
to discuss the logic and grounds for the original taboo.

     If  intimacy is taboo in some specific situations and
the  regulation  of intimacy is based upon taboo---it soon
comes  to  pass  that a wider variety  of  intimacies  are
taboo, for reasons which can not be discussed.   Instances
of violence in association with intimacy may thoughtlessly
be  taken  to be evidence in support of the taboo  against
intimacy.   The repression of affection naturally leads to
frustration and violence.   Highly repressed societies are
violent societies.   If anti-social behavior is controlled
via taboos the attempt at "control" leads to an escalation
of  violence and inhibition through the  vicious cycle  of
taboo enforcement and frustration.

     Taboos  are  inherently  disintegrative and so are an
inappropriate  way to achieve that which  they  presumably
are supposed to achieve; but we must not discuss that.  By
their  nature  taboos must not be questioned.    They  are
sacred idols to be worshipped and sacrificed to, not to be
analyzed or questioned.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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