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 %DEMAND PERFECTION PUNISH LAW ORDER CRIME LOVE SIN 950308

     When  people do not behave in appropriate ways  there
are  often calls for higher standards and for more  severe
punishments---because  people often do not understand  the
nature of the roots of evil behavior.

     If evil behavior is regarded as failing to conform to
the  demands  of authorities, then the natural response to
non-conformity   is  the  imposition  of  more   coercive,
manipulative,  demanding and punitive  responses  to  non-
conformity---and   the   generation  of  more  alienation,
misunderstanding and ignorance  which  engender additional
evil personal relationships.

     If  we want to reduce evil behavior we need  to  deal
with  and  transcend evil personal  relationships;   i.e.,
relationships of  alienation,   estrangement,   rejection,
excommunication,     misunderstanding,    prejudice    and
ignorance.    We need to focus upon integrative ideals and
values  which  are of a different kind  than  those  which
engender personal and communal disintegration.

     We  often  miss the mark when we seek  perfection  in
conformity  to disintegrative ideals and values.   We need
to  shift to integrative ideals and values;  to ideals and
values which in practice lead people:

     to resolve conflicts and achieve mutual advantages,

     to work for reconciliation and mutual understanding,

     to transcend prejudice grounded in ignorance,

     to value both personal and communal integrity,

     to value children and women and promote their health,

     to value reconciliation more than self righteousness,

     to value cooperation more than competition,

     to be honest about human limits and limitations,

     to honesty more than good appearances.

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