This is http://www.essayz.com/a9509161.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %DISAGREE DIFFERENCES EXCLUSIVE CLUB FRIEND ENEMY+950916 %ALIENATION ESTRANGEMENT EVIL GOOD INTEGRITY LOVE 950916 Many people agree that it is important to agree upon how to tell the difference between acceptable and not- acceptable people. Making distinctions between people is important to all such people---yet they may disagree greatly with each other about what people are acceptable and what people are not acceptable. Even though they agree that it is important to make distinctions they may regard each other as un-acceptable---because they do not fit each other's conditions for acceptability. Their lives are focused upon different standards for entrance into their diverse exclusive clubs, and into God's Exclusive Club of Heaven. People of distinction may agree with each other upon the criteria for distinction---but disagree about how to deal with people who distinguish themselves in unfavorable ways; by not conforming in proper ways. Often people differ about how much manipulation, coercion and/or violence should be used in dealing with non-conformists. Such people usually differ about how open and honest they should be about the criteria of distinction, and how open and honest they should be about the use of manipulation, coercion and/or violence in dealing with non-conformists. People of distinctions usually are not much interested in personal and communal integrity; they are more interested in making distinctions between acceptable and non-acceptable people---without regard for personal or communal integrity. Usually they are most interested in criteria which will lead to them being distinguished in favorable ways, and others being distinguished in unfavorable ways. It is separation between themselves as favored, and others as not favored, which is the focus of their lives. People of distinctions show little concern for alienation, estrangement, misunderstandings and the breakdown of communication between distinguished peoples. All such realities of life are tools which are available for use in manipulating the differences between friends and enemies. Even were people who are preoccupied with distinctions interested in minimizing alienation, estrangement, misunderstandings and the breakdown of communication between distinguished people and those who are not distinguished---it would be hard for them to achieve such minimization. Since usually they do not have such interests---such minimization rarely occurs. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================