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    %ASSESS IDEALS VALUES PRINCIPLES CONFLICT TOOLS+970102
   %MEANS ENDS ALIENATION ESTRANGEMENT DISINTEGRATE 970102

     When  ideals,  values,  principles and the people who
embody  them are in conflict---we may judge them by  their
fruits more reliably than by what they promise.

     On what grounds and by what logic can we respect  and
support  ideals,   values,  principles and the people  who
embody  them---if  they have repeatedly led  to  conflicts
which  have  engender  the  disintegration  of  vulnerable
infants, children, women and men?

     Shall  we  respect  disintegrative  ideals,   values,
principle  and people who embody them---just because  they
claim to be God's:  angel,  representative,  spokesperson,
prophet, administrator or some other kind of agent?

     What if they hold a powerful office,  wear impressive
vestments or are in the line of long traditions which have
long been respected---but are disintegrative of vulnerable
infants,  children, women and men?   Is it wise to respect
and support them?  If so, on what grounds?

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