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 %PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNICAL BEHAVIOR GOOD 071005
  %PURELY SYMBOLIC DEFERENTIAL RITUALISTIC BOW DOWN 071005

Many human activities are primarily: ritualistic,  formal,
conventional, symbolic, conformal, etc.

Other   human  activities  are  primarily  practical   and
designed to  achieve an objective purpose upon which there
is wide agreement that it should be achieved.

Between the  above  two  extremes  there  are  many  other
activities  which many humans confuse with either or  both
of the above extremes.  The following will suggest some of
the full spectrum:

 1.  Bowing down before a King or Queen.
 2.  A Court-Jester amusing a King or Queen.
 3.  Actors and singers bowing to the audience.
 4.  People standing as the judge enters for a trial.
 5.  People standing for a major political candidate.
 6.  People kissing the hand of a noted dignitary.
 7.  Ritualistic washing of hands and feet.
 8.  People showing deference to a domineering leader.
 9.  Black people showing deference to a white person.
10.  Women showing deference to domineering men.

Some of the above rituals may serve helpful purposes.

Some of the above rituals serve destructive purposes.

There  is wisdom in being able to recognize,   acknowledge
and be in dialogue  about  the  places  that various human
activities  lie on the spectrum from  Symbolic-Ritualistic
to Purely-Practical.

      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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