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06-28-2010, 01:12 AM | #582 |
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This looks like it's on the verge of devolving into another personal argument. Please don't let that happen.
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06-28-2010, 02:59 AM | #583 |
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Simi? Yu makin' up werds agin, simian boi?
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06-28-2010, 03:23 AM | #584 |
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Pffft. Wuteva.... wuman, I do wut I wont! *attempts to throw a gang sign and accidentally deletes several member accounts* Oh... frick... no one panic... I can... I can fix this....
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06-28-2010, 04:59 AM | #585 | |
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Where I have a real problem is with the suggestion that there should be absolutely no way out, e.g. for the very common situation of domestic violence and abuse. Agreed, though of course, if the statistics end up showing that homosexual marriages can be just as lasting as heterosexual ones, I will be at the front of the queue to use em as an argument |
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06-28-2010, 02:01 PM | #586 | |
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But indeed, such statistic figures would make a perfectly good argument if someone claimed the contrary, i.e. that gay marriages don't last. However I dare say that anyone who actively supports or discourages homosexual marriages (and anything else, for that matter), do so because of some deeply rooted personal idea - perhaps founded on liberalism, religion etc. A liberal fanatic wouldn't change his view on gay marriage no matter the statistics. A Christian fundamentalist wouldn't either. Which makes such arguments quite meaningless. I think discussing ideological grounds (rather than the smaller details) is more important, since it at least facilitates understanding between in essence irreconcilable fractions (like pro and anti gay marriage folks). Heh, more statistics?
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06-28-2010, 03:08 PM | #587 |
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06-29-2010, 05:32 AM | #588 |
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Gaffer, I certainly agree that there are many times when divorce is the best solution to a bad situation- or just when people amicably agree that they've made a mistake.
But still, nobody goes into a marriage thinking "well, this will be over later anyway" or "we can always get divorced if it doesn't work out". In that sense I think every divorce is at least an acknowledgement that something went wrong; that things didn't turn out as hoped.
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06-29-2010, 11:35 AM | #589 |
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Of course.
I reckon there are people who go into marriage thinking "we can always get divorced" by the way. Many people just do it because it's expected of them. |
06-29-2010, 12:59 PM | #590 |
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Then there's the two-hour specials they have in Iran... and a certain number of Vegas matches where she's thinking "How long before the old fogey kicks off from a heart attack?"
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06-30-2010, 08:00 PM | #591 | |
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The key is to have a goal of reconciliation in mind, not to have a goal of driving the husband to cheat so you can divorce him.
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06-30-2010, 08:40 PM | #592 |
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Or the wife, so you can divorce her Italian Style. Marcello Mastroianni, anyone?
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill Last edited by GrayMouser : 07-01-2010 at 12:05 AM. |
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07-01-2010, 12:05 AM | #594 | |
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Congratulations to Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdadottir:
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07-01-2010, 12:10 AM | #595 |
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Ah yes, the good old days before this modern breakdown of morality brought about by feminism and divorce, where murdering a woman was considered a minor crime- after all, she is your property, isn't she?
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07-01-2010, 12:54 AM | #596 |
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Oh, yes, the ethical framework of old comedies is quite unabashedly atrocious!
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07-01-2010, 03:54 PM | #597 | |
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If you were not happy with your new wife you had the right to sell her at market... that very noon, as was.... apparently. Eh.. the good ol' days heh? *starts singing the Dukes of hazard theme tune, and wantonly negleting to bang on any suncream to my neck* Bet Inked wished he had a time machine... Last edited by Butterbeer : 07-01-2010 at 03:57 PM. |
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07-01-2010, 11:42 PM | #598 | |
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07-02-2010, 04:58 AM | #599 | |
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Stanley Ford: Listen, Charles. She's in love so she's never going to agree to a divorce. So we're left with only one choice...murder. Charles: Murder? Stanley Ford: Murder. Charles: ...I say, good show, sir! Absolutely bang on!
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07-02-2010, 05:13 AM | #600 | |
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The idea of a man and a woman (or more than one woman, or very very occasionally a woman with more than one man) forming a socially sanctioned bond- in which the relationship is different from that of a concubine, handmaiden or other woman to which the man has sexual access- is found in just about every society. Commonly, of course, it took the form of an arrangement between two families- and still does in many societies- with (usually) the wishes of the woman and (sometimes) those of the man not being taken into consideration. Or is that actually the point you are making?
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