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 %ABSENCE PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY IDENTITY SELF+950826
%WORTHY RESPECT SUPPORT COERCION VIOLENCE UNDERMINE 950826

     In  the  absence of personal and  communal  integrity
there is no identity worthy of respect and support.

     Coercion  and  violence undermine both  personal  and
communal  integrity;  and so undermine any identity  which
might be worthy of respect and support.  Thus coercion and
violence are not worthy of respect and support.

     In  chaos there is no identity worthy of respect  and
support.   In chaos there is neither personal nor communal
integrity.    Nothing  "hangs  together".    There  is  no
coherent communication which is reliable in how it  points
to integrative creatures and/or processes.  In chaos there
is no respect or support for any integrity;  and no reason
to respect any unique identity.

     When through coercion and violence there are attempts
to  promote  conformity  to some artificial appearance  of
coherence---the   coercion  and  violence  undermine   the
coherence   of  whatever  unique  personal  and   communal
integrity may have been present; and so promote chaos.

     Personal  and  communal integrity cannot be  coerced,
achieved  through violence,  or promoted through violence.
It   is  only  through  collusive  games  of  mutual  self
deception  that some people can  convince  themselves  and
each  other---that  they  can  promote changes  which  are
apparently worthy of respect and support---through the use
of  coercion  and  violence which undermine  personal  and
communal integrity. Their  collusive  games of mutual self
deception  and  the illusions which they generate are  not
worthy of respect or support.

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