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                 %NON-COERCIVE BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS 871109

     Often behavioral standards are coercive.  Individuals
and communities try to control the behavior of members  of
the  community.    Conformity to explicit  and  particular
patterns  of  behavior  is expected and required  in  ways
which elicit misleading behaviors  that  lead  to personal
and communal disintegration.

     It   is  not  easy  to  articulate  and   demonstrate
behavioral   standards  which  do  not  lead  people  into
coercive/conformal patterns of behaving.

     Non-coercive  behavioral standards call for authentic
behavior   which  promotes  both  personal  and   communal
integrity.   Misleading behavior is not encouraged by non-
coercive   behavioral  standards;   and  when   misleading
behavior  is observed it is recognized as such and pointed
out to be misleading.   Exposure of misleading behavior as
being disintegrative is essential to  the integrity of the
community.    Misleading behavior should not be respected;
instead it should be gently exposed for what it is.

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