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%TOTAL ISOLATION ALIENATION EXCOMMUNICATE REJECTION 951208

     Humans   are  communal  creatures.    Humans  do  not
function well in isolation.  Humans who are isolated often
are dysfunctional people,  especially if they are embedded
within a community from which they are isolated.

     It  is  one thing to be geographically isolated  from
other humans, and to survive in geographic isolation.   It
is  another  thing  to  be geographically  embedded  in  a
community of humans from which  one  is  isolated  through
estrangement,    alienation,    excommunication,    anger,
resentment, coercion, rejection, etc.  In the  former case
there  are many clear examples of humans who have survived
and  lived in meaningful ways.   In the latter case  there
are far less clear examples of humans surviving and living
meaningful lives.

     In light  of the above, it is tragically strange that
when  humans  behave  in dysfunctional ways  the  communal
attempts at correcting their dysfunctional behaviors often
include   isolation  through  estrangement,    alienation,
excommunication,   anger, resentment, coercion, rejection,
etc.   Upon what theory of human nature are  such attempts
based?  Is there any evidence that such attempts are based
upon a sound theory?  What is that evidence?

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