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  %RIGHTS GUARANTEES PROMISES FINES INDIVIDUAL GODS+020919
  %COMMUNITIES ABSENCE COMMITMENTS ASSURANCES DEVIL+020919
               %UNDERSTANDINGS MAKE GOOD CONFIDENCE 020919
                                                          
     How are rights, guarantees, promises and fines inter-
related   when   we   are  considering   individuals   and
communities?                                              
                                                          
     In the absence of guarantees, promises, commitments, 
assurances  and  contracts  ---  how can there  exist  any
individual and/or communal rights?                        
                                                          
     In the absence of understood-motivations to make-good
on  guarantees,  promises,   commitments,   assurances and
contracts  ---   how can there exist any  confidence  that
those who make the guarantees,  promises,  commitments,   
assurances and contracts --- will make-good on them?      
                                                          
     What  are the kinds of  understood-motivations  which
will be:  robust, integrative, trusted, and endure?   Will
motivations  which  flow  from fear be  reliable?     Will
motivations  which  are rooted in coercion,  violence  and
threats be reliable?    Will motivations which are  rooted
in anger, rage, greed, self-confidence, self-righteousness
and/or arrogance be reliable?    Where is true reliability
to be found/rooted?    How  is one to know what to  expect
in  the light of various possible motivations?            
                                                          
     Our  expectations may be rooted in a  combination  of
one or more of the following:                             
                                                          
     1.  Instincts                                        
     2.  Intuitions                                       
     3.  Traditional beliefs                              
     4.  Prejudices                                       
     5.  Childhood impressions                            
     6.  Authoritarian statements                         
     7.  Prayerful discernments                           
     8.  Defensive maneuvers                              
     9.  Selfish considerations                           
    10.  Generous considerations                          
    11.  Integrative principles                           
    12.  Scientific facts/laws                            
    13.  Confirmed scientific theories                    
    14.  Unconfirmed hypotheses                           
    15.  Prescriptive legislation                         
    16.  Fears and anxieties                              
    17.  Others' expectations of us                       
    18.  Subconscious beliefs                             
    19.  Resentment and anger                             
    20.  Desires for revenge                              
    21.  Attempts to "save face"                          
    22.  Keeping imprudent commitments                    
    23.  Agreeing with the "party line"                   
    24.  Loyalty to gang leaders                          
    25.  Loyalty to church leaders                        
    26.  Loyalty to church doctrines                      
    27.  Faithful performance of rituals                  
    28.  Thoughtless habitual behaviors                   
    29.  Unexamined attitudes/assumptions                 
                                                          
     If  we are unaware of the roots of  our  expectations
and/or are  unwilling  to  talk about them,   we  are in a
dangerous position.  Perhaps we are victims of collusions,
addictions,  codependencies and confusion which are rooted
in   "The   Domination  System"   which we  serve   and/or
victimizes us.                                            
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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