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Asking "What are the most gracious and helpful alternatives for us to choose from?"

is often MORE-HELPFUL-THAN - - -

Asking "How shall we respond?" or "What SHOULD we do?" or "What SHOULD-WE-NOT do?" - - -

IN THE ABSENCE OF clearly described MULTIPLE-ALTERNATIVES that we are free to consider 
openly and honestly in the light of their likely benefits and costs --- to each of us in 
the short-term; and in the long-term.

Within our Astronomically-Tiny-Spaces-Ship-Earth we are-unlikely-to-make-wise-decisions - - - 
if we have been led to accept-the-notion that our decision can properly be indicated by choosing 
one of only-two-alternatives presented unilaterally to us --- without us having the opportunity 
to consider other alternatives within the context of extended open and honest dialogue --- 
within communal-sanctuaries for all.

We are often offered only two possible responses to choose from; for example:

 1. "Yes" or "No".
 2. "Agree" or "Disagree".
 3. "Accept" or "reject".
 4. "Obey" or "Disobey."
 5. "Believe" or Disbelieve".
 6. "Join" or "Oppose".
 7. "Fight" or "Run".
 8. "Submit" or "Escape".
 9. "Be-Silent" or "Argue-Contentiously".
10. "Defend-Yourself-unto-Death" or "Surrender."
11. "Imitate-Your-Enemy" or "Surrender-to-your-Enemy".

We need to protect ourselves and our communities against EXCESSES which are rooted in "MORE":
greed, alienative-conflicts, argumentation and other vices that are viewed as virtues
that are essential to "success" in unilateral-ways - - - outside of Shalom's Most-
Gracious-Diverse-Ways - - -  with balanced-integrated-clusters of many-mutually-complementary
true-virtues.