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%IMPROPER PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP FOCUS EVIDENCE EVIL 981219                                       
                                                                                                                               
     People  are  often  accused  of  having  engaged   in                                                                    
improper  personal relationships.    As often as  not  the                                                              
accusations are as much tacit,  as explicit.   As often as                                                                     
not  there are tacit "agreements"  that certain  kinds  of                                                                     
evidence are "irrelevant".   The people who make the tacit                                                                    
accusations seek to exclude from consideration those kinds                       
of evidence which would help bystanders to understand  the                                                    
senses in  which  the  personal  relationships  have  been                                                              
motivated  by efforts on the part of the  participants  to                           
promote both personal and communal integrity.   The people                                                                
who   make  the accusations usually are seeking  to  over-                                                                     
simplify the nature of personal relationships in order  to   
make  it  appear  that the persons accused are  guilty  of                                                                 
having  violated  important  commandments,   rules,   law,                                                                     
regulations,   prohibitions,  prescriptions,  etc.   Over-                                                                     
simplification  usually entails limiting consideration  to                                                                     
just one or a few of the following kinds of evidence:                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
     1.  Gossip which has been going around.                                                                                   
     2.  Confessions of embarrassment by bystanders.                                                                           
     3.  People lodging protests on behalf of "others".                                                               
     4.  Vague suggestions of "immorality".                                                                                    
     5.  Vague suggestions of "not being professional".                                                             
     6.  Claims of inadequate defense against the above.                                                                       
     7.  Suggestions of guilt until innocence is proved.                                                                       
     8.  Prejudiced perceptions offered as being reliable.        
     9.  Misinterpretations of meanings of what was seen.                      
    10.  Unfair interpretations of meanings of actions.                      
    11.  Informal excommunications which have occurred.                                                                
    12.  Physical evidence.                                                                                                    
    13.  Psychological evidence.                                                                                               
    14.  Spiritual evidence.                                                                                                   
    15.  Written evidence.                                                                                                     
    16.  Oral evidence.                                                                                                        
    17.  Pictorial evidence.                                                                                                   
    18.  Second-hand reports.                                                                                                  
    19.  Circumstantial evidence.                                                                                              
    20.  Publications of constitutions and bylaws.                                                                             
    21.  Publications of laws and legislation.                                                                                 
    22.  Publications of formal motions made and passed.                                                                       
    23.  Publications of administrative rules/regulations.                                                                     
    24.  Written and oral contracts properly attested.                                                           
    25.  Evidence of private communications and actions.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     When people insist upon limiting the kind of evidence                                                                    
to  just one kind or a few of the above kinds ---  beware!                                                                     
Such people may  be  trying to exclude  from consideration                       
all evidence which might cast a new light upon the meaning                                                                     
of  the  kinds  of evidence which they seek to  focus  all                                                                     
attention upon.    Their efforts may be unfair, confusing,                                                                     
dishonest and/or prejudicial.                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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