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        %DISHONESTY OF MISLEADING SILENCE COLLUSION 870515

     To  lie  is to say something which you  know  is  not
true.   To be silent in misleading ways is not technically
to  lie;   but  it can be part of  a  systematic  cultural
pattern which  is  a lie to the next generation.   When  a
culture systematically  is  silent  in ways  which mislead
young people  to  believe  falsehoods as truths,   and  to
believe  truths  to be false,  then the culture  is  being
dishonest in a way which is a systematic lie.    Collusive
cultures  make  it  taboo to be open and honest;  make  it
mandatory to  be silent in misleading ways, to lie through
silence.

     To  promote  both personal and communal integrity  we
must demand more of ourselves than that we not  explicitly
communicate  statements  we know to be false.   It is  not
enough  to  avoid telling explicit lies.   We  must  avoid
behaviors (including patterns of neglect) which implicitly
communicate misleading perceptions as part of an addictive
process.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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