From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 16:48:49 MST
Bingo, and thank you.
"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
>
> The same could be said about slavery and freedom, to paraphrase
> Clausewitz, "Slavery is the natural state of humanity. Freedom is a
> theoretical ideal whose existence we deduce from the fact that there are
> occasional intervals in human history within specific classes of some
> societies where individuals are not enslaved."
>
> Rather, what I think the current state of marriage in our society
> indicates is only that the currently accepted legal forms of marriage
> are insufficient for the needs of society.
>
> "Michael M. Butler" wrote:
> >
> > "J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> > > When transitional
> > > humans leave biology behind, they will (naturally) leave behind biological
> > > imperatives which prompt marriage.
> > > Without biology, marriage looks rather ridiculous.
> >
> > Oh? What about Morganatic marriages and corporate mergers?
> >
> > I could see fidelity and polyfidelity extending as far foreseeable as
> > marriages in the US today, and perhaps farther. Gentleman adventurer
> > contracts, clans, line marriages, you name it.
> >
> > I don't expect *divorce* will go out of style.
> >
> > As the Chinese historians said when asked what they thought of the
> > American War of Independence: Too soon to tell.
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