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  %INDIVIDUAL COMMUNAL FREEDOM ISOLATION ALIENATION+950307
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     Some societies place great emphasis upon individuals,
and little emphasis  upon communal cooperation;  and other
communities reverse the foci of emphasis.

     When  communal  emphasis is upon  unbalanced  respect
for individuals:  their  freedoms,   their  rights,  their
achievements,  their salvations---there  are likely to  be
tragic   consequences   which  flow  from:      isolation,
alienation,     abuse,    addictions,    workaholism   and
fundamentalism.

     When  communal  emphasis is upon  unbalanced  respect
for   communal:   stability,   law,   order,    propriety,
traditions,   institutions---there are likely to be tragic
consequences  which  flow from:    coercion,   repression,
authoritarianism,      dictators,     heal-dragging    and
indifference.

     Healthy individuals and communities are in balance as
regards  respect  for individual  integrity  and  communal
integrity---for each is essential to the other.

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