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 %IMPERFECT COMMUNITY JUDGE SYSTEM JUSTICE ADEQUATE+030416
%REVEALING QUESTIONS RESPONSES CLEAR POWERFUL RIGHT+030416
%INFLUENTIAL HONESTY OPENNESS RESPECTFUL CHECK GOOD+030416
 %DEVIL BALANCES COMPLEMENTARY IDEALS VALUES REVEAL+030416
  %SANCTUARY SECURITY SAFELY VULNERABLE LIMITATIONS+030416
    %HUMILITY GENTLENESS REVERENCE TOLERANCE DIFFER 030416

     Within an imperfect community ---  how are we  common
folks  to  judge  whether  or not a system of  justice  is
adequate and worthy of our respect, honor and support?  We
dare not depend  only on formal systems which are  managed
by people who are arrogant, powerful and domineering!

     We  will  do  well to ask ourselves, and  each other,
questions such as these:

     1.  Is  it clear that those who are  powerful  and/or
influential are truly committed to and diligent in being:

         a.  Honest and open in all of their work with
             each other and with those whom they should
             serve?

         b.  Respectful of the need for a system of checks
             and balances within which they should work?

         c.  Balanced   in  giving  due  consideration  to
             the  mutually  complementary  ideals,  values
             and principles of  a diverse spectrum of
             people  of integrity.

     2.  Is  it clear that powerful people are  supporting
the  creation  and  maintenance of  sanctuary  communities
within which all members of the communities are (and truly
feel that they are) able to be safely vulnerable --- while
being  open and honest with themselves,  each other,   and
with the most powerful people around them?

     3.  Do  the most powerful and influential members  of
the  overall community ---  acknowledge their own  limits,
limitations,   errors,  mistakes and failures ---  to each
other  and to other people who are relatively  weak,  poor
and humble?

     4.  To what extent do the most powerful people in the
community act as if they do have,   or should have,    the
right to  benefit  ---  at  the expense of people who  are
weaker,   poorer,  and/or less-well-informed about what is
happening?

     5.  Are powerful people who are arrogant,   paranoid,
and/or domineering --- respected, honored and/or supported
by poorer and weaker people?

     6.  Is  there integrity in the relationships  between
the people who are powerful, well-educated and healthy ---
and  those  who are less powerful,  not well-educated  and
less-healthy?  Less wealthy?

     Beware if the above kinds of questions are not  being
asked and responded to in ways which are open, honest, and
public!
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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