Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, that term applied to both marriage and mental institutions. There's a message there. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 11:53 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Marriage Commitment. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Benjamin Marks <benmarks2005 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:17:28 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Marriage > > Regarding marriage: Reading the responses here to Chris's original > e-mail, > I have the sense that -- like "arguing" about politics or religion -- I > am > just getting autobiography with a bit of window dressing. That's fine, if > folks want to stake out their bit of the hill and defend it against all > comers. Be my guest. I would like to point out though, that your world > is > about to get more complicated. As western Europe heads towards a > marriageless society and same-sex couples in the US and elsewhere > successfully argue for inclusion in this "institution" a lot of the "why > buy the cow when you can get the milk for free" discussion will become > irrelevant, if it is not already. To paraphrase egregiously: you ought > to > treat other people well; all else is commentary. And if you find someone > who you care about more than you care about yourself, consider yourself > lucky as you have been given the greatest gift that life has to offer. > > Ben Marks > > _______________________________________________ > 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