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%PROTECT SELF OTHER EXPOSURE ULTIMATE CONCERN POWER+020709
%DOMINATION SYSTEM UNQUESTIONABLY CONTROL ORDER LAW+020709
%TABOO EXCOMMUNICATION BANISHMENT REJECTION INCLUDE+020709
%EXTREMISTS TERRORISTS IMPOTENT AFFIRMATION HONESTY+020709
  %SACRIFICE OPENNESS HONESTY AUTHENTICITY INTIMACY+020709
%COMMUNAL INTEGRITIES CREATIVITY NOVELTY INITIATIVE 020709
                                                          
     Suppose that there is a system of powers             
       that works to protect itself from exposure         
         as the ultimate concern --- the                  
           concentration of power to dominate;            
             to be unquestionably in control.             
               Then any question/affirmation              
                 which suggested the nature               
                   of the "The Domination System"         
                     would be ultimately                  
                       out of order;                      
                         TABOO!!                          
                                                          
     Such an operative system of powers would be willing  
       to go to any extreme, and to make any sacrifice,   
         in order to denigrate, repress, suppress,        
           and otherwise render impotent --- all          
             questions/affirmations which might           
               suggest the existence of                   
                 "The Powers That Be".                    
                                                          
     Such a system would WILLINGLY SACRIFICE all forms:   
       of openness, honesty, authenticity & intimacy;     
         of personal and communal integrities;            
           of creativity, novelty, initiatives;           
             of reconciliation and cooperation;           
               of conflict-resolution and peacemaking;    
                 of forgiveness, health and healing;      
                   of personal discernment/understanding; 
                     of personal questions/affirmations;  
                       of personal authority/confidence;  
                         of personal self-esteem/love;    
                           of personal acceptance in Love;
                             of personal sanctuaries;     
                               of communal sanctuaries;   
                                 of vulnerability in Love;
                                   to be dominant in all; 
                                                          
                                     TO BE IN CONTROL;    
                                       TO BE WITHOUT ANY  
                                         LIMITATIONS OF   
                                           ANY KIND AT    
                                             ANY TIME OR  
                                               ANY PLACE. 
                                                          
                                                 SO BE IT.
                                                          
     How have the most humane beings responded to         
       "The Domination System"?  By copying its ways?     
          By pretending it has not existed?   By denying  
            it exists?   By ignoring its presence?  By    
              trying to destroy it by violent means ---   
                without considering the costs of trying?  
                                                          
                  By resisting non-violently in Love      
                    with Grace and Hope on their side?    
                      What kinds of admirable people shall
                        we look to as role models of being
                          humane & worthy of our respect, 
                            honor and support --- in their
                              ways of responding to       
                                "The Powers That Be"      
                                   within "The Domination 
                                     System" around and   
                                       within all of us?  
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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