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    %KINDS RIGHTS COMMUNITY SELF OTHER PROMISE HAVE 950227

     How  we and others view ourselves and our communities
often  depend significantly upon what we believe about the
kinds  of  rights which we can,  should  and/or  do  have.
Consider  the  following  list of rights which we  may  on
occasions  believe we can,  should and/or do  have.    The
right to:

     Not work.             Be happy.

     Joy.                  Freedom from limits.

     Due process.          Justice.

     Relax.                Be free from conflicts.

     Privacy.              Be free of embarrassments.

     Do as we wish.        Not be disturbed.

     A fair wage.          Be free of discrimination.

     Tell the truth.       Petition our government.

     Clean air and water.  A good education.

     Drive a car.          Take annual vacations.

     A good job.           Worship God as we choose.

     Honest intimacy.      Be accepted as we are.

     Read books.           Publish the truth.

     When  we  do  not enjoy the rights which  be  assume,
believe or think that we can, should or do have---there is
cognitive  dissonance.    We  may try  to  eliminate  that
dissonance  in a wide variety of ways.   Whether we  enjoy
personal  and communal integrity depends greatly upon  how
we  try to eliminate that dissonance and in what  ways  we
revise our views of what rights we can,  should and/or  do
have.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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