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                    %COLLUSION THREATENING BEHAVIOR 850629

     Jack  and Jill are participating in a  collusion,   a
game of mutual self deception.   One of the primary  rules
of the game is to always act as if the game of mutual self
deception  was not being played,  otherwise the  deception
will not serve its purpose.  Another rule is to always act
in  keeping with the deception,  to have all  behavior  be
consistent  with the deception.   Overt  statements  which
affirm the falsehood are too obvious and might expose  the
deception.  The game is to indirectly affirm the falsehood
in ways which do not expose the deception.  The game is to
indirectly  affirm  the  falsehood in ways  which  do  not
expose  the lack of integrity in the game.   The rules  of
the  game can not be discussed because that  would  expose
the lack of integrity in the game.   The affirmations  and
negations  of the game can not be discussed  openly;   the
game  must be played tacitly through behavior  which  does
not call undue attention to the behavior.   The deceptions
of  the  game must be achieved without  calling  conscious
attention  to the moves of the players in the game.    Not
even  the players in the game are to become aware of  each
other's   moves,    except  for  tacit  recognitions   and
acknowledgements  of those recognitions that slippages  of
maintaining the front are to be met with tacit threats  of
rejection  of the slippages move farther towards  dropping
out of the game.

     Jack  is  nervous  because  Jill's  behavior  is  not
endorsing  the "truths"  of the collusion with  sufficient
enthusiasm.   Also,  she is careless in little acts  which
give  her  away as not being a convinced believer  in  the
"truths" of the collusion.  She is not living according to
the  full  set  of prescriptions and prohibitions  of  the
collusive way of life.  The slips are small, yet they come
dangerously close to exposing the game to public view.  It
is  Jack's  duty to give Jill subtle signals that  she  is
getting  out  of  line,   and  that if  she  wants  to  be
acceptable  she  had better watch her step  more  closely.
She  must  behave  properly  to  be  successful.    It  is
important  to  observe  rules  of  etiquette,   propriety,
decency,  morality,  etc.   One must not be rebellious  or
careless in such matters,  else one will quite properly be
rejected by people who can make or break you.

                         (c) 1997 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Integrity and Honesty"
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)

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