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  %ILLICIT TABOO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS LOVE AFFIRM 901028

     Communities   often make life difficult for  creative
people  who  transcend the cultural taboos which say  that
people  shall   not   transcend   barriers   of    racial,
religious,    political,    educational,    sexual,   etc.
differences.  Under the  taboos  of such a community there
are   many   personal relationships which are illicit  and
cannot  be  affirmed  in any public way as  they  develop,
mature and come to an end.

     Participants    in    creative    illicit    personal
relationships   are  deprived   of  the  joys  of   public
affirmations  by  others  as their  relationships  evolve,
and they are also deprived of the public comfort of others
when  their relationships come to  their inevitable  ends.
The costs to the community  of such  deprivation are often
substantial  in that creativity is often inhibited by  the
deprivation.  Such costs need to be weighed in considering
the benefits of the taboos;   but then such considerations
are themselves taboo.  Rarely are those people who sustain
the taboos free to be honest,   or able to be aware of the
costs of their sustenance.

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