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%ENDS JUSTIFY MEANS TECHNOLOGIES TEMPTED ABUSE POOR 030607
%DISHONESTY DECEPTION PRETENSION ARROGANCE COERCION 030607
  %SELFRIGHTEOUSNESS VIOLENCE ACHIEVE GOAL CONTROLS 030607
   %QUESTION DISINTEGRATE PERSONAL COMMUNAL HEALTHY 030607
  %HEALING RECONCILIATION COOPERATION COLLABORATION 030607
   %HONORABLE CIVILITY HOSPITALITY COHERENCE GENTLE 030607

     Often people have asked the question:   "Can the ends
justify the means?"

     We also need to ask the  question: "Do disintegrative
means call presumably good ends into question?

     If   people   are  tempted  to use (and/or DO   use):
dishonesty,   deception,  pretensions,  arrogance,   self-
righteousness,   coercion and/or violence ---   in efforts
to achieve  a particular "end"  or "goal"  ---  is it fair
to   suggest   that  such  temptations  and   inclinations
profoundly   call   into  question the  integrity  of  the
particular   "end"  or "goal"  of the people who  use  the
questionable means?

     Are  means  which are inherently  disintegrative  ---
ever justifiable in terms of how well they help to promote
personal  and communal:  integrity,  health,   well-being,
healing, reconciliation,    cooperation,    collaboration,
mutuality,   understanding,   civility,   hospitality  and
reverence?

     When we look "behind"   the  use/abuse of (and/or the
temptation   to   use/abuse):     dishonesty,   deception,
pretensions,   arrogance,   self-righteousness,   coercion
and/or  violence  ---   how often do we find  "ends"   and
"goals"   which are all truly:   integrative,   civilized,
charitable,   honorable and worthy of unqualified  respect
and reverence?

     Might it be that honorable "ends" and "goals"  elicit
the use of only honorable means;  and that honorable means
elicit  interest  in only honorable "ends"   and  "goals"?

     Might  it be that the goals which domineering  people
seek to achieve are inherently disintegrative and unworthy
of  respect ---  even though the domineering people try to
present them as being worthy of honor and respect?    What
are  their real motivations and goals --- in comparison to
what they say their motivations and goals are?   If people
are   willing  to  use/abuse:    dishonesty,    deception,
pretensions,   arrogance,   self-righteousness,   coercion
and/or violence  ---   to achieve  their   stated   "good"
goals  ---   might   they  be willing to do  so   to  mis-
represent  their real motivations and  goals?     It is  a
possibility  which  is  worthy  of careful consideration!

     Might "goals", "ends", "means"  and "technologies" be
inherently inter-woven as regards their effects upon  both
personal and communal integrities?   Can we with integrity
separate  them  from  each other --- when we  are  seeking
to decide which of them merit: reverence, honor,   respect
and support?  How can we with integrity separate them,  if
such separation is possible?

     Can domineering people who are in the service of "The
Domination System" -- at the same time serve to facilitate
and promote personal and communal integrity?   If so,  how
can  they  do so by using  the  inherently  disintegrative
means and technologies --- which they are committed to use
in order to be faithful to "The Domination System"?     If
they adopt the life style of lovers,  they thereby  betray
"The  Domination System".    How can they do that?     Why
would they want to do that? 

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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