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%IDEAL FORMS CONFORMITY ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS GODS 050220 %FORMALITY PROPRIETY EXPECT DEMAND COMMAND LAWYERS 050220 %COOPERATION COLLABORATION BEING TOGETHER INTIMACY 050220 %EXPOSE UNDERMINE REVEAL DESCRIBE CREDIT REVERENCE 050220 %IDEALISM FORMS FORMALITIES CONTRACTS COALITION SIN 050220 %POWER CONCENTRATION CORRUPTION WEALTY JUSTICE GIVE 050220 "Conformity" is not an essential virtue nor an essential foundation for personal and communal integrity. This is not to say that it is not good to engage in co- ordination, co-llaboration and co-operation. It is good to engage in co-ordination, co-llaboration and co- operation; however conformity is not essential to doing so. Conformity is a problematic "virtue" because of how often conformity is intimately associated with domination, controls, violence, etc. Domineering people often demand conformity; but rarely facilitate: liberation, creativity, imagination, revelations, initiatives, etc. (c) 2004 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================