Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) On 8/2/05 3:40 PM, "Mark Langer" <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point, B.D. The issue is one of how one looks at marriage. Is > it a decision made by two individuals, or one that results in two > families coming together? In much of the world, and certainly until > very recently in the West, marriage has a much broader dynamic than > romantic love. I'm not sure if we gained a lot by changing our > concept of marriage, and I think that good arguments can be made on > each side of this issue. > > I'm sure that the God-like intervention of our moderator is imminent. > > Mark > > On 8/2/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: >> Isn't the important question, Mark, not whether one form of marriage >> results >> in more or less divorce or abuse, but whether one allows adults to make >> their own decisions - foolish or brilliant - about the course of their own >> lives? >> >> >> On 8/2/05 3:17 PM, "Mark Langer" <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm unaware that there are any studies that demonstrate that arranged >>> marriages are less successful than the kind predominant in the West. >>> The kinds of abuse that Nathan attributes to arranged marriages can >>> easily be equalled by abuses found in our system of marriage in the >>> West. Frankly, I suspect that parents wanting a good future for their >>> children may make more rational and mature decisions than the children >>> would themselves. I also find it strange that this should be likened >>> to female circumcision. Here's one North American who is with you on >>> this matter Jayanand. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On 8/2/05, Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: >>>> You equate an arranged marriage with female circumcision? Wow! Liberal >>>> European thinking!! >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand Govindaraj >>>> Chennai, India >>>> (who has been happily married for 27 years through an arranged marriage, >>>> and >>>> has had no problem with it) >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information