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 %ENFORCEMENT TABOOS RULES REGULATIONS PROHIBITIONS 080301
%AGAINST RISKY INTIMACIES VULNERABILITIES TRUE LOVE 080301
  %LOVERS UNCONVENTIONAL BEHAVIORS FORBIDDEN FRUITS 080301
%PROTECTIONS TRADITIONS POWER CONCENTRATIONS WEALTH 080301
%FAMILY LOYALTY RACIAL PREJUDICE RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE 080301
%FUNDAMENTALISTS CERTAINTY SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS GREED 080301

Intimacies  are  not always prudent or wise;  e.g.,   when
those who might-be-intimate have extremely different kinds
and  amounts  of:  wealth,  power,  maturity,   education,
experience, etc.

Communities,   however,  often fail to tolerate intimacies
which  are not inherently/essentially risky,  e.g.,   when
those who might-be-intimate are of different:

 1.  Races,
 2.  Tribes,
 3.  Historic-Families,
 4.  Religious-Traditions,
 5.  Cultural-Backgrounds,
 6.  Educational-Specializations,
 7.  Political-Parties,
 8.  Nationalities,
 9.  Native-Languages,
10.  Social-Status/Rank.

The enforcement of taboos when there are no inherent risks
--- has  often   generated   far   more   alienation   and
disintegration --- than would have occurred had there been
tolerance for social experimentation.   Consider the story
of  Romeo  and  Juliet,  and of Cinderella.   Is  there  a
consensus  that  they were treated properly,  given  their
circumstances?

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

                         (c) 2008 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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