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  %FIGHT EVIL CLARIFY TRANSCEND INTEGRATE PRINCIPLE 910101

     Often    a   direct  attack  on  evil   behavior   is
totally ineffective  and  is in fact disintegrative.    It
is   often  more  constructive to clarify the  ideals  and
values   which  lead  to personal and communal  integrity,
in  contrast   to  the  ideals and values  which  lead  to
personal  and communal disintegration.    It is the latter
ideals  and values which often play a role in giving  evil
behavior an appearance of respectability  because   people
look at  the  articulated ideals  and values,  rather than
upon  the consequences  of how they are affirmed.    There
are many conflicts involving people  who  are committed to
eliminating  evil  behavior through coercion.   So long as
there is confusion about the difference between ideals and
values  which  lead people  to  behave  in  disintegrative
ways,   and other ideals and values which   lead    people
to   play   integrative   roles   of reconciliation;    so
long  will there be respect accorded to people   who   try
to  eliminate  evil  behavior   through coercion.

     People   who   are   trapped   in   the   prison   of
alienative  paradigms   do  not  have the  perspective  to
see   what  is happening  when  creative  people engage in
the   work   of  clarifying    the    difference   between
integrative    and disintegrative  systems  of values  and
ideals.     Once   the difference  has been clarified  and
mutually  understood  in open  and honest dialogue,   then
the battle is well on its way to being over.

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