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  %STANDARDS REGARDING TOLERANCE IMPERFECTION FLAWS 070914
%CONFLICTING IDEAL VALUES GOALS PRINCIPLES EXPECTED 070914
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In engineering work including  the manufacture of parts of
machines  there are standards for how big,  long,   round,
etc.   the pieces machines must be made for them  to  work
properly.

For example  a steel rod must be between 0.999  inches and
1.001   inches  in diameter and between 9.999   and 10.001
inches long if the tolerance standard is 0.001  inches  in
the diameter and the length.

The correct diameter may be 1.000   inches and the correct
length may be 10.000 inches; plus-or-minus 0.001 inches.

It is  futile  to  focus upon getting it  to  exactly  the
correct length and diameter; i.e., a waste of time.

So   also  in  considering  standards  for  human  conduct
regarding:  honesty,  civility,  generosity,  cooperation,
hospitality,   mutuality,  sympathy,  empathy,  listening,
gentleness, patience, etc.

There is  a challenge in trying  to  carry  the  kinds  of
tolerance  standards which  work  in objective engineering
work --- over into the realm of reflexive relationships.

Yet it is futile to focus upon getting  requiring absolute
conformity  to  any  articulation of  standards  for human
conduct as regards virtues and/or vices.

To get  along with each other in  healthy,   creative  and
cooperative ways --- we must demonstrate some common sense
tolerance standards relative to what we may consider to be
the   ideal   demonstrations  of:    honesty,    civility,
generosity, cooperation, hospitality, mutuality, sympathy,
empathy, listening, gentleness, patience, etc.

We  need  to ask what each of us can do to  facilitate and
encourage:

 1.  Resolutions of conflicts between ideals and values.
 2.  Resolution of conflicts between principles and goals.
 3.  Reconciliation between victims & perpetrators of hurt
 4.  Committments to demonstrating distributive justice.
 5.  Committments to building sanctuaries for all to use.
 6.  Committments to maintain sanctuaries for all to use.
 7.  Committments to maintain community-wide-health.
 8.  Committments to work for personal/communal integrity.
 9.  Letting-Go of alienative technocracies/technocrats.
10.  Letting-Go of alienative/tragic simplistic-idealism.
11.  Letting-Go of beliefs that we can be Superior-People.
12.  Letting-Go of believing we can know who is Good/Evil.
13.  Letting-Go of believing we can perfect anybody alive.
14.  Letting-Go of believing we can be invulnerable-alive.
15.  Letting-Go of believing we can avoid-all-risks-alive.

     Be-Together in the Many-Gracious ways of Shalom.

                         (c) 2007 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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