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    %FEAR AFRAID UNDERSTAND ADDICT IRRATIONAL CRIME 910524

     We fear to understand addictive and criminal behavior
because in some dim way we suspect that such understanding
would unmask our own collusive games of self deception.

     To understand addictive and criminal behavior we must
deal  honestly with our own experiences and the  behaviors
of   others;   and  in  dealing  honestly  with  our   own
experiences  and  the behaviors of others we  will  surely
unmask  our own collusive games of self deception.    Such
unmasking  would be lead to the collapse of our  universe,
the destruction of our paradigm, the loss of all that upon
which we feel our security depends.  We live in a house of
cards,  and we dimly know that.  The risk of upsetting our
house  is  too  great to contemplate,  and so  we  do  not
contemplate it,  and do not take the risk.  Thus we do not
understand  the addictive and criminal behavior  of  those
who   undermine  our  security.    We  are  terrified   at
contemplating  the  price  we would have to pay  for  that
understanding.

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