This is http://www.essayz.com/a9804131.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.} ========================================================== %RECOGNIZE EXTREMISTS ALIENATION EXCOMMUNICATE 980413 To protect ourselves against the alienative assumptions, attitudes, thoughts and behaviors of extremists we need to learn how to agree on how to recognize them and the patterns of alienation and fragmentation which they engender. Extremists are not dedicated to promoting personal and communal integrity. They are quite willing to sacrifice both personal and communal integrity while focusing nearly all of their attention narrowly upon very few other desires, goals, standards or ideals. In the interests of appearing to achieve perfection in some narrowly defined way --- they are willing to undermine balance, integrity, and mutual understanding. In the minds of extremists the important questions have to do with either/or issues. Integrity depends upon: Extremists call for: BALANCE CONVICTIONS INTEGRATION DIFFERENTIATIONS DIALOGUE COMMANDMENTS LISTENING PREACHING UNDERSTANDING JUDGMENTS SYMPATHY CONDEMNATIONS COOPERATION DISCIPLINES COMBINATIONS PURIFICATION TOLERANCE DEMANDS HUMILITY SUPERIORITY HONESTY IMPRESSIONS AUTHENTICITY ROLE-PLAYING GROWTH PERFECTIONISM INTIMACY SUPERIORITY COMMUNION ISOLATION CREATIVITY CONFORMITY CONVERSATIONS AGREEMENT REFORMATION TRADITIONS MERCY PUNISHMENTS GENTLENESS DETERMINATION INVITATIONS DEMANDS EXAMPLES COERCION (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================