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Originally Posted by DrPhil
At the same time, you're still celebrating beyond "a block of text or handshake...." You have been organizationally socialized such that you may not walk around everyday reciting the text; and you don't have to blatantly say "aha, that reminds me of this..." all of the time.
I gather that is what DeltaBetaBaby is talking about. That's one of the perils of speaking generally about topics that may or may not be conducive to that.  |
Yes. I am saying that the organizations and their values must stand above the words themselves, and that an over-emphasis on the words makes a lot of people uncomfortable, myself included.
To take an example that I can freely talk about, we have an open creed that references god. Does that mean non-Christians are unwelcome in the organization? How about atheists and agnostics? The public statement on the matter is that we welcome women of all beliefs, but the creed remains unchanged as a historical link to our founders. Well, that's fine, but then it wouldn't make sense to have a week devoted to living the creed.
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