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%ESSENCE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS PERSONAL COMMUNAL 050227 %GOOD TABOO ENFORCEMENT MYTH REDEMPTIVE VIOLENCE GO 050227 %LETTING RELAXATION OCCUR WITHOUT CONTROLS DEMANDS 050227 %HUBRIS ARROGANCE SELF RIGHTEOUS COERCION VIOLECE 050227 %EXCOMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVE WARS TERROR DENIGRATION 050227 %CONTENTIOUS NEGATIVITY POLARIZED DICHOTOMY DEVILS 050227 Why is it that to taboos have not been traditionally enforced against: 1. Hubris? 2. Arrogance? 3. Self-righteousness? 4. Coercion? 5. Violence? 6. Excommunications? 7. Exclusivity? 8. Wars? 9. Terrorism? 10. Denigrations? 11. Contentiousness? 12. Negativity? Might it be that most taboos are the creations of domineering-people who in self-serving ways make selfish use of the above dozen possible foci for healthy-taboos? What is the essence of a taboo? That it is good? Many domineering people might wish to suggest that being- good is the essence of a taboo! Might the essence of a traditional taboo be that it is o.k. to engage in alienative-behaviors to enFORCE the taboo by the use of a preponderance of GOOD-FORCE --- in keeping with the myth-of-redemptive-violence/FORCE. In the light-of-the-above; is it possible for there to be a good-taboo --- that it would be good to engage in alienative-behaviors to enFORCE the good-taboo? Might the term good-taboo be an oxymoron! If not, why not? What then is the essence of a good-taboo? Who knows? Evil-Taboos engender alienation because they are not grounded in honest-descriptions of the natural- consequences of the above dozen-vices. Good-Taboos do NOT engender alienation because they ARE grounded in honest-descriptions of the natural- consequences of the above dozen-vices. Prudently-Enacted legislation does not seek to enforce Evil-Taboos --- because through open-and-honest public discussion it becomes evident that evil-taboos should not be enFORCED through the use of the preponderance of FORCE of any government. Whenever Evil-Taboos are enFORCED through the informal-efforts of domineering-people --- the natural- consequences include the affirmations of how good-it-is to engage in the REDEMPTIVE-ABUSE of the above dozen-vices. When anybody presumes to know what individuals-as- such are "good" and what individuals-as-such are "evil"; they are bound by the dictates of "The Domination System" to enFORCE private-taboos which are not open for public discussion of the natural-consequences of using a preponderance of FORCE to enFORCE private/unexamined taboos. Domineering-People cannot permit the public examination of private-taboos. Domineering-People act as if their rights-to-privacy include keeping-private their reasons for privately-enFORCING their private- taboos. Some good-things must be kept privately-sacred! They must be free to worship what they choose to worship. Idolatry must be kept-private. That is part of the rite of freedom-of-religion. (c) 2004 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================