PERSONAL DEFEAT VERSUS PRINCIPLED COOPERATION

A large fraction of efforts among domineering-people is directed, even if indirectly, at particular people/groups: by name, by allusion and by pejoritive labels --- TO TRY TO DEFEAT THEM. Rarely is there clarity about what essential-foundations for personal-and-communal cooperation-and-colaboration are violated through violence. Rarely is there any effort to clarify the inter-relationships among the mutually-complementary positive-affirmations of Essentially-Cooperative-People.

The efforts of Domineering-People are often directed TOWARD TRYING TO DEFEAT polarized-people-in-conflict --- rather than toward the resolution of The-Tragic-Polarizations among The-Mutually-Complementary: ideals, values, principles, hopes, aspirations, visions, etc. --- of Many-Mutually-Complementary-People.

Rarely do Domineering-People focus their efforts toward colaborating in transcending false dichotomies which are alienative at heart. Rarely do domineering-people seek to work cooperatively to mitigate-violence through open and honest reconciliations and through the healing of the tragic-alienations of simplisitic-idealists. Domineering-People often lead each other into Tragic-Efforts-to-Win, by DEFEATING others like-themselves.

Domineering-People entrap themselves and each other in being most comfortable with other people who are like-themselves, domineering; and therefore fearing other people who are "different"; True-Lovers who are weak and unreliable. Thus, Domineering-People cannot imagine that those whom they have identified as Evil-Enemies and who should therefor be attacked/destroyed --- might better be partners in cooperative efforts to resolve universal human difficulties. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. There is no technocratic way to peace. Letting-Go of Technocracies is the Way of Shalom. Be-Together in Shalom.

Compare the above-text (drefted-early-in-the-morning of November 9, 2006) with the complementary text on the web page criticsf.htm (written-before-the-balloting of November-2006-within-the-USA). Think about the differences. The text below here, is the same on the two web pages.

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Essays made available here demonstrate a contrasting approach. It is rare that that any criticism is directed toward any particular person or group; referenced either directly or by indirection. There is generally a focus upon calling attention to the natural-flow between tragic: assumptions-attitudes-thoughts-decisions-and-actions on the one hand; and the consequent-alienations-and-dysfunctional-responses which follow. The focus is overall upon the Diagnostic-Signs which suggest a prognosis of unintended-consequences which were not thoughtfully anticipated or prudently considererd in any coherent way.

The focus of essays is often upon demonstrations of honesty in carrying out reflexive-systems-analyses of: humane and/or inhumane relationships and their entirely natural consequences which flow independent of humans' designs, intentions, hopes and/or expectations.

The focus of essays is often upon attempting to clarify the most-essential-virtues and the most-alienative-vices; and upon how they are all interwoven in the complex fabric of the life of each real community --- as it interacts with each other real community within the context of our finite Space-Ship-Earth.

Somtimes an essay seeks to clarify how an individual within a community which is guilty-of-distributive injustice-as-a-whole-community ---

yet can-be as-an-individual --- complicit-in communal-distributive-injustice ---

even though not-guilty as-an-individual of having-been distributively-unjust ---

even while unaware of how the community-as-a-whole is tragically-guilty of distributive-injustice.

Communal-Injustice is a reality which isolated and/or alienated individuals find hard to understand and/or comprehend.

It is tragic when a community-as-a-whole is also unaware of its Communal-Injustice in spite of its simplistic-highest-ideals. Tragedies occur when people are unaware of Diagnostic-Signs of the differences between: (1) not-enough, (2) enough and (3) more-than-enough --- when alienation-is-rampant due to excessive-concentrations of wealth-and-powers.

Tragedies are rooted in simplistic-highest-family-values --- in the absence of truly-integrative communal-ideals.

Often an essay seeks to expand the powers of language to point to all of the above and the essential-more --- which is not even alluded to above.

How can we all get from here to a more coherent pattern of living within our finite Space-Ship-Earth --- through progressive stages of gracious-integration?

What is The-Way-of-Shalom?

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With some effort visitors can search with the help of 2google.htm for essays which are relevant to some of the issues which are raised above.