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   %DICHOTOMY FRIEND ENEMY DECIDE NECESSITY COLLUDE 920808

     Participant  victims  in the conflicts between  truth
and dishonesty in  many collusive communities often feel a
compulsive  necessity  to decide whether each person  they
encounter  is friend or enemy.  There  can  be  no  middle
ground,   when  the other person may bury you if you  turn
your back on the battle field.  One must judge quickly and
decisively whether or not the other person is on YOUR side
of  the  conflict,  or on the OTHER side of the  conflict.
When  in  doubt  it  is best/safest  to suspect  that  the
uncommitted person is a spy,  or is likely  to support the
enemy  in a crisis situation.  Being paranoid is the  only
reasonable  state  of being on the  battle  field  between
truth and falsehood.

     In   the   war  between  truth  and   falsehood   the
participant  victims on the collusive side must work  hard
to keep up their false appearances of strength,  coherence
and  merit.   To appear to be weak is to lose the  battle.
Great effort must be expended  to appear sure,  confident,
coherent  and threatening to the truthful enemy.  When  in
doubt collusive participants must encourage  each other to
maintain  their faith,  and repress doubt wherever it  may
appear;   in self or in others.  When in doubt  about  the
commitment  of anyone to the holy cause;  suspect them  of
being  doubtful,  unsure,  weak,  and likely to serve  the
enemy:  else they will for sure turn  out  to  be the weak
link which will undermine  the appearance of coherence and
strength---and  the  battle  will  be lost when the  truth
becomes evident. The devil himself is sure to be among us,
and we must be careful!

     The three major enemies  in the battle  are  honesty,
truth and  feeling  sympathy  for  the  integrity  of  the
participants on the other side of the battle.  Any one  of
these  three  enemies  is  likely  to  unmask  our  actual
weakness and our merely apparent coherence;  and so enable
our opponents to attack us where we are weak, and win  the
battle against  our holy collusions.  Thus any person  who
MIGHT  slip  and speak the truth,  must be  regarded  with
careful suspicion, and so be regarded as our opponent.  If
a person is  not clearly our friend,  that person  MUST be
regarded as our enemy.

     There  is  NO SAFE MIDDLE GROUND in our  sacred  war.
Thinking or feeling that there might be a middle ground is
dangerous,  and must be avoided AT ALL COSTS.  To be safe,
we  must  be  willing  to pay  all  the  costs  which  are
necessary,  even if we and our  community disintegrate  in
the  process  of  preparing  to  defend ourselves  and our
community.  Preparing for the coming great war is the sure
way to bring peace and security.  This truth we hold to be
self  evident  and beyond question.  Those  among  us  who
question this truth are traitors  and should be treated as
such!  At all costs we must defend our holy way of life to
preserve  it against all attacks by those we  suspect  are
our enemies.  Don't you agree with us?  Which side are you
on?

     See the next essay.

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