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  %REAL IMPERFECT WORLD SOLUTIONS PROBLEMS DILEMMAS 030825
%JUSTIFY DISINTEGRATIVE PREJUDICE TRAGIC IDEAL FORM 030825
 %RESPECT MILITARISTS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX SIMPLICITY 030825
   %EXCOMMUNICATION ALIENATION BANISHMENT REJECTION 030825
%SYSTEMIZATION MISTAKES COLLUSION PREJUDICE IGNORED 030825
%META RATIONAL TRANSCENDENCE GRACE RECONCILE HEALED 030825

     In   the  real-and-imperfect-world  there  are   some
IMPERFECT-SOLUTIONS  which have come to be accepted as  if
they were IDEAL-FORMS for future PERFECT-SOLUTIONS to some
of the dilemmas in life (NOTE:  dilemmas are NOT problems,
and so have no solutions!).  Some such imperfect-solutions
have   come   to   serve   as   the   justifications    of
DISINTEGRATIVE-GENERALIZATIONS   and   TRAGIC-IDEAL-FORMS;
e.g.:

     1.  Respecting WARS between nations --- as acceptable
ways to  "settle"    disagreements and "resolve" conflicts
between nations' ideals, values, principles, etc.

     2.  Respecting   EXCOMMUNICATIONS   of   members   of
religious organizations  ---  in  order  to  maintain  the
"purity" of the "faith".

     3.  Respecting   EXCOMMUNICATIONS  of    members   of
families  who  are  viewed  as having become  involved  in
"improper-intimacies" with "improper-persons"  to maintain
the "purity" of the extended family.

     4.  Respecting    COLLUSIONS   as   proper    defense
mechanisms ---   to maintain an appearance of a PERFECTION
which is not real.

     5.  Respecting pretentious  TECHNOCRATIC-SOLUTIONS to
human dilemmas which are NOT-TECHNICAL-PROBLEMS ---  so as
to appear to have resolved the conflicts which are  at the
hearts of the dilemmas.

     6.  Respecting coercion  and violence as proper means
for  resolving  presumed conflicts  between  complementary
ideals,   values,  and principles which are all  essential
foundations for personal and communal integrities.

     The above point to  systemizations-of-disintegrative-
mistakes.    The systemizations-of-disintegrative-mistakes
virtually  guarantee  that many  more  tragic-mistakes  of
like-kind will follow --- as people "apply"  general rules
which are fatally flawed.

     How are we  to recognize,  name,  describe, transcend
and   stop-being-led-by   --- our own   systemizations-of-
disintegrative-mistakes  which lead-us as our own  TRAGIC-
IDEAL-FORMS?   We will greatly offend many powerful people
if  we try to point out the TRAGIC-IDEAL-FORMS  which have
led us in highly respected and "successful"  lives!   Dare
we  be  so stupid as to make clear how  tragically  stupid
most of us have been?

     We  can  promote  and facilitate  both  personal  and
communal   integrities   by  systematically   working   to
integrate into coherent patterns of thought  and  behavior
--- as many complementary ideals, values,  principles, and
virtues as we  can manage to integrate through cooperative
and  collaborative  efforts.    Authentic people  who  are
role models of personal and communal integrities can point
the  way to such integrations which are  open,     honest,
gentle  ---     and   consistently  considerate  of    the
complementary  virtues  which authentic people demonstrate
in their daily lives.    We need not systematically repeat
our    most   tragic   mistakes   through   the    foolish
internalization   of   incoherent  TRAGIC-IDEAL-FORMS   of
thought and behavior!
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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