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   %THREAT EMBARRASSMENT TROUBLED LACK CONTROLS SIN+970210
     %MORALITY CODES LAWS LEGALISM JUDGMENT CONDEMN+970210
  %SEXUAL LIBERATION CREATIVITY FREEDOM FREE CHOICE+970210
  %DESIRES FANTASIES DREAMS HOPES ASPIRATIONS FEARS 970210

     Some  people  are  threatened by the  knowledge  that
there are people whose affective and sexual lives are  not
well    controlled   by    proper   prescriptive    rules,
regulations,  prohibitions,  moral codes,  etc.    To them
controls  are essential;  and in the absence  of  controls
there is chaos.  To be without controls is to be depraved.
It is impossible for people to be without controls and  be
people  of integrity who are open,  honest and  worthy  of
respect.

     Such  people  cannot tolerate the presence  in  their
communities  of  people whose lives are not  dominated  by
controls---for  their  presence is a threat to  their  own
world-view  and  their view of the nature of being  human.
Uncontrolled people are threats to their very being. Thus,
they  insist  that controls be imposed in order that  they
themselves not be threatened by the presence of people who
are not dominated by controls.

     There  are people who take advantage of opportunities
to manipulate patterns of controls;  for by taking control
of the patterns of control,  they can gain much power  and
much  personal  advantage.    The  more  that  people  are
dominated  by  patterns of control---the more  power  they
have  opportunity to take control of.   Thus they  support
the  demands for the imposition of controls by people  who
cannot  tolerate  the  presence in  their  communities  of
people  whose lives are not dominated by controls.    Such
demands  put additional opportunities for power into their
own hands.

     There   are   people   who  fear  freedom   and   the
responsibilities which go with being free to make  choices
and  act  upon them.  They want to live  simple  lives  in
conformity  to  good patterns which leave few choices  for
them to make.  They do not want to be liberated, and claim
that   they  are  not  constrained;    because  they   are
comfortable  and  comforted by the fact that they have  to
make very few choices of their own.   Such people also are
supportive of the demands of people who feel threatened by
those who are free, liberated, creative, and not dominated
by controls.

     As we consider people and their demands,  we need  to
look  beyond  the surface nature of their demands  to  see
where  their demands are likely to lead.    Often  demands
have  superficial  appearances  of  being  reasonable  and
worthy  of respect.    A  closer look may reveal that  the
demands  are  likely to lead to  tragic  consequences---no
matter  how  respectable,  powerful and  honored  are  the
people who make the demands in the name of much that seems
to be beyond question and doubt.

                                                                                                                               
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