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             %COMMUNITY GROUNDS FOR EXCOMMUNICATION 880406

     The  level of integrity of a community as a whole and
of  its  individual members depends upon what it and  they
regard  as proper grounds for excommunication,  rejection,
shunning, alienation, etc.

     The    wider   are   the   respected   grounds    for
excommunication,   the  lower is the level  of  integrity.
The  more  narrow  are the grounds  for   excommunication,
the higher is the level of integrity.    The highest level
of  integrity  is enjoyed when there is unanimous  respect
for  the   belief   that  ideally  there  should   be   no
respected ground for excommunication.

     Excommunication   is  a  disintegrative  attempt   to
control  the behavior of other persons.    Excommunication
undermines  the grounds for integration;  i.e.,  openness,
honesty,   dialogue,  listening,  communication.   In  the
absence  of  these it is impossible to  behave  coherently
with integrity.

     The  logic of excommunication is confused  and  lacks
integrity.   It flies in the face of the reality of  human
nature  and behavior.   It is a logic which is  not  based
upon  honest dialogue about human experiences,   feelings,
thoughts,   motivations,   etc.   It is a logic  which  is
excommunicated  from the knowledge base which it  presumes
to  serve.    It  is a logic  which  flows  from  previous
excommunication  and feeds future excommunication;   i.e.,
disintegration  and the violence which is associated  with
disintegration of human communities.

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