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 %DOMINEERING PEOPLE ATTACK INTEGRITIES WARS TERROR 031012
%DESTRUCTIVE WORKS DEFENSIVE VIOLENCE ADDICTS ABUSE 031012
%BULLIES SEXCUAL CONTROL INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS GOD 031012
%PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-ESTEEM POLITICAL ACADEMIC LEARN 031012
%SPIRITUAL MEDITATION TRANQUILITY PEACE FRIENDSHIPS 031012
%DENIGRATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACEMAKER RECONCILE 031012

     Domineering  people  attack  our  various  kinds   of
integrities in a variety of ways:

    1.  Physical attacks as in
        a.  Wars,
        b.  Terrorists' destructive works,
        c.  Defensive people's violence,
        d.  Addicts and codependent peoples' mutual abuse,
        e.  Bullies on school playgrounds,
        f.  Sexual abuse in "intimate" relationships.

    2.  Psychological attacks on our self-esteem/pride.

    3.  Political attacks on our communication rights.

    4.  Academic attacks on the integrities of learers.

    5.  Attacks on the integrity of our spiritual lives.

    6.  Attacks on the integrity of our friendships.

    7.  Attacks on the integrity of our intimacies.

    8.  Attacks on our colors/ethnic origins.

    9.  Attacks on which languages we use in dialogues.

   10.  Attacks on the integrity of our creative works.

     Of  course  discerning,   perceptive  and/or creative
people can list other foci of attacks.   The central point
here  is  that  it is helpful to   recognize,   name,  and
describe legitimate realities which merit respect,   honor
and  support ---   that are often the focus of  attacks by
domineering people.  In the absence of such clarifications
of what it is that domineering people attack --- they have
more power over us than they would have in the presence of
such clarifications  which we have the power to share with
each other;   in  private if necessary.   To  protect  our
diverse forms of integrities we must ourselves  recognize,
name,   and  describe  legitimate  realities  which  merit
respect,  honor and support --- but are often the focus of
attacks by domineering people.

     It  is  important  for us  to  recognize,   name  and
describe  how  some of the "less objectionable"  kinds  of
attacks lay the foundations  for  the "more objectionable"
kinds  of  attacks.   Our failure to recognize,  name  and
describe  those connections ---  lays the foundations  for
all  such  kinds  of attacks.    We need  to  discern  and
describe the motivations for such attacks,  and then  work
to transcend and transform such motivations.

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