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%TRANSCEND ESCAPE SUBVERT SUPPORT DOMINATION SYSTEM+000219
%GOOD EVIL PEOPLE DISTINCT SELF RIGHTEOUS ARROGANCE+000219
%RELIGIOUS LAWS MORALITY ETHICS COMMAND LEGAL LOVES+000219
%SEXUAL REPRESSION INTIMACY FRIENDSHIP CONDEMNATION+000219
%EXCOMMUNICATION ALIENATION EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY GOD 000219
                                                          
     The  logic  of  the  behaviors of  supporters of "The
Domination  System"  is often rooted firmly  in  reasoning
which  is  based upon  the conviction  that their kind  of
people should always be in control.   They often fear that
if their kind of people are not  in control of all aspects
of communal life  ---   then all semblance of law,  order,
propriety and decency will be lost.   They cannot  imagine
that  the  health  and  integrity of a community could  be
based  upon   anything other  than  control being  in  the
hands  of their  kind  of people.     Such reasoning    is
rooted  in  world  views,  mythologies,   cosmologies  and
assumptions   which  are   not  articulated  or   examined
carefully, openly, and honestly in well-educated  ways ---
for doing so would threaten their kind of people's ability
to maintain control.     Such  behavior  is  all about the
concentration  of  their power  to  be  in  control.    It
inevitably leads  to corruption through  the  exercise  of
inappropriately  concentrated power ---  and so  leads  to
both personal and communal disintegration.                
                                                          
     On some occasions  the  behaviors  of   supporters of
"The   Domination   System"   are  rooted   in   emotional
factors. Then "reasoning",  "logic", and "thinking" may be
used in retrospect ---  to "explain"  and/or "rationalize"
courses of action  which were  in fact purely instinctive,
expressions  of emotions,  and/or  completely  irrational.
Such  "explanations"    and   "rationalizations"   may  be
"justifications"  --- but they are not true "explanations"
or "reasoning".    The justifications are not based in any
clear  way  upon clearly  articulated  assumptions;    nor
upon  any disciplined  pattern  of reasoning,    logic  or
thinking.     Such    behavior   cannot   be   understood,
transcended   or  mitigated   in  ways   which   fail   to
recognize    how    the  behaviors    are    rooted     in
emotional    factors     and  justifications   which   are
lacking  in  clear   thinking,  reasoning,  logic,  wisdom
and prudence.   It is helpful on such occasions to seek to
trace  the emotional factors back in  time   through   the
lives  of  the  people   who  are  the  victims   of   the
irrational  factors --- because   of    their  experiences
during  their own lives,   and because of  the experiences
of  their  ancestors during their  lives.      The  tragic
consequences  of ancient events cascade down through  many
generations  of victims who do not understand how and  why
the consequences cascade down upon and through them.      
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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