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    %ABUSE USABLE OBJECT PEOPLE WASTE MEANS CONTROL 910422

     The  community which encourages people to use,  abuse
and  throw   away   objects  which  are no  longer  needed
as   tolerable   waste   material    without   any    use,
thereby  encourages   people   to  regard each  other   in
the  same manner.

     When   there  is no reverence for things as  objects,
it   is  difficult to retain any reverence for  people  as
any-thing  more than objects;   which are available to  be
used, abused and  thrown away when no longer of any use to
the abuser.

     When  objects are approached only in the  modality of
I-It  relationships,      but  not  in  the  modality   of
I-Thou relationships;     it  follows that people  will be
approached  in   the  modality I-It relationships  as  are
objects,     and  there will be no  mysterious  difference
between people  and objects.

     When there is  no mystery about and no  wonder in the
nature   of   the   relationships   between  people    and
objects,     it  follows that there is unlikely to be  any
mystery or wonder in  the nature of relationships  between
and   among   people  who  enter  into  purely   objective
relationships.

     When   people   allow   themselves  to   be   viewed,
regarded,  treated,  and disposed of as usable and  abuse-
able objects;  it follows that personal relationships will
tend    to   become   violent      and     disintegrative.
Technocratic    defensive  measures will not  correct  the
situation,  for the  dilemma is  not  a technical problem;
it is a  spiritual  dilemma rooted  in  the  nature of the
self   conceptions  of  the participants in the  violence.
In  the  absence  of a  change in such  self  conceptions,
technology  has virtually nothing positive  to   offer  to
those trapped on  the  technocratic paradigm.

     Comment is called for when people view  each other as
usable  and abuse-able objects.   In the  absence  of  any
appropriate  counter-balancing  comments such a  point  of
view  is  likely to gain respect and power.    Appropriate
counter-balancing  comments do not entail  treating  other
people  as impersonal objects which can be manipulated and
used  to achieve  some political  end;    then to be  cast
away when  they  are  no longer useful.

     People of  integrity do not view other people  of any
kind a  being  available  for use and/or abuse;   as means
to   the  achievement   of some technically  define  goal.
People   of  integrity   view  other  people  as  offering
opportunities for open   and  honest humane relationships.
Such  opportunities are  lost when people are regarded  as
being  objects   which are available for use,   abuse  and
discard.

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