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To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (14001)	12/3/1997 5:33:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

Got it, I think. But in that case talking about "independence" and "interdependence" (defined as broadly as you did) is sorta apples and oranges. The wise person never denies being wholly enmeshed in the web of our existence (except by cheating and stating that the carnal is an illusion or some such abdication). Independence, at least the way I use it, operates within these parameters and becomes more of an ethical/societal touchstone. Anyone who lives in a community will come up against the eternal conflict between the interests of the One and the Many, even in a unit as small as a pair of lovers. (or one dude with more-than-one personality :-) ) Independence then becomes a declaration of the validity of the needs of the One, to however small an extent. Even the Galties admit to the value of having a society about them, even if only as a counterweight for their immense wealth, powre and general excellence. Just a few random thoughts. PS My previous post, if read upside down (in the rebelliously foolhardy spirit of playing your rock album backwards so as to invoke a dark force which will kick the principal's butt) bears the number of the Beast!