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  %INTEGRATIVE DESCRIPTIONS TABOO EXPERIENCES LEGAL 890314

     In a collusive community of extreme  form it is often
illegal  to  offer open and honest descriptions  of  taboo
experiences.  Collusions may gain control of the machinery
of legalism and pass formal laws which inhibit honesty.

     It  is more common for collusions to operate in  more
subtle  ways  and  effectively  inhibit  open  and  honest
descriptions  of  taboo  experiences which  embarrass  the
dominant members of the community.  As they sincerely seek
to play their assigned dominant roles they seek to control
experiences  which  embarrass  them;  and  this  logically
entails  control of the behaviors of others who  embarrass
them.

     Open and honest descriptions of the experiences which
embarrass   the  dominant  members  of  a  community   are
descriptions  which are likely to embarrass  the  dominant
members  of the community.  In a collusive community  such
dominant  members are likely to seek to be in control,  in
the  manner  of  addicts and codependents.   The  dominant
members of the community are thus likely to behave in ways
which will inhibit embarrassing communications.   Freedoms
of assembly, speech, press and petition are thus likely to
be  inhibited  in  the name of law and order,   for  taboo
descriptions are disorderly.

     Law and order lead to disintegration when they entail
the   inhibition  of  open  and  honest  descriptions   of
significant  human  experiences.  When  significant  human
experiences cannot be openly and honestly described,   the
community has lost the ability to be in dialogue regarding
those  experiences;  and is thus unable to deal with  them
wisely.    Taboo   experiences   are   significant   human
experiences by virtue of the fact that they are taboo  and
lead  to  feelings  of  guilt,   regret,   and  compulsive
reconsideration.    The  processes  which  lead  to   such
experiences being taboo,  are disintegrative processes  to
the extent that they inhibit open and honest discussion of
the experiences.

     The  essence of taboos is to make  certain  behaviors
forbidden  in such an extreme way as to make the violation
of the prohibition non-discussible. The essence of a taboo
is not the recognition of the disintegrative nature of the
forbidden   behavior,    or   the   prohibition   of   the
disintegrative behavior.  Taboos are characterized by  the
inhibition of discussion of the forbidden behavior.  It is
the  inhibition  of  the discussion  of  honest  forbidden
communications which is most disintegrative.

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