On Mon, March 26, 2007 4:43 pm, Christian Seberino wrote: > > On Mon, March 26, 2007 4:16 pm, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > >> As the only option, no it can't satisfy it. Not even close. A one >> shot >> "til death to you part" chance to get it right does not satisfy the >> problem. > > Yes being married to the wrong person would be a bad thing. We certainly > have to be careful about who we marry and yes there is a risk in it. Is > the alternative any better? There is risk in getting married but there is > risk in being intimate with someone without a commitment too. Avoiding > marriage doesn't protect you from risk. > >
-snip of much- You really seem to have a very insular view of marriage and of its relationship to sex. There are lots of different ways to approach these issues, and not much actual evidence that any one way is superior. Oh, and since you don't seem to know this, someone should mention it: there are technologies now that allow sex .... lots and lots of sex ... without getting anyone impregnated. So jumping from "marriage is a good thing" to "what about the poor little illegitimate children" is not a slam-dunk. Come to think of it, lots of societies have cared pretty well for their innegitimates (and orphans) without stigma, trauma, or economic hardship. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
