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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Edwarda who wrote (48632)8/3/1999 2:08:00 PM
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<<<I believe that our culture does benefit from clarity and nuance rather than cherished myth.>>>

And the discussion of the utility of myth in unifying a populace, or of the costs and benefits of retaining cherished myths, can't be held as though what was at issue were simply the phenomenon of our being accidental beneficiaries of delightful illusions.

Myth-maintenance for unity cannot be distinguished in principle , or ethically, from myth-making for unity. China comes to mind. Stalinism comes to mind.

It's hard for me not to see any support of myth-maintenance as related to the depressing attitudes revealed in a recent poll on the First Amendment. Shockingly high percentages of the American public support, for example, government licensing of reporters.
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