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It Is Easy Now To Break The Vows. It Is Even Easier To Part Your Ways If Vows Haven't Been Taken.

The Consumerist Culture Insists That Swearing Eternal Loyalty To Anything And Anybody Is Imprudent, Since In This World New Glittering Opportunities Crop Up Daily.

Some Dozens Of Years Ago, There Was A Debate Conducted Between People Insisting That "this Loaf Of Bread Must Be Redistributed," And The Others Who Said "instead Of Worrying About Redistributing It, Cutting Differently, Let's Make It Bigger." A Third Possibility Was Not Imagined: That The Loaf May Be Shrinking. But It Is Now A Genuine Possibility. It Is Even Acting Upon Already, Like In The Case Of The American Invasion Of Afghanistan And Of Iraq In Order To Secure The Supply Of Petrol For The Americans Addicted To Gas-guzzling Cars.

Freedom Without Security Portends Chaos, Perpetual Anxiety And Fear. Security Without Freedom Means Slavery. So, Each On Its Own Is Awful; Only Together They Make For A Good Life. But, A Big "but": Being Both Necessary, Complementing Each Other, They Are Nevertheless Virtually Incompatible.

As Long As We Say: "alright, It Is Truth For Me, And I Believe In It And I Am Ready To Fight For It, But I Accept That Others Have Different Beliefs - And So Let Me Have A Closer Look At What They Believe" - We Can Gain From Our Intercourse Thanks To Our Difference, Not Despite Our Difference.