and it's been said my avatar is offensive

[Carrie]

Originally posted by [Labret]@Nov 24 2003, 11:21 AM
Oops, missed that one.

I would think my strong family bonds and being around their happy marriage for 18 years would have a positive impact on me.

My views on marriage and children are a result largely of witnessing the failure of others and the anthropological / sociological theories of why they even exist. Study them and you will see just how arbitrary and absurd the institution of marriage and nuclear family is. Both concepts are relatively new and are not a natural occurrence amongst humans.

The institution of marriage is a relatively new concept if you look at history from the time that we were running around in animal skins communicating in guttural noises.

However, we've evolved far beyond that and comparing then vs. now is unrealistic. If we're to make any changes, or even learn anything, we have to look at a smaller timeline.

Speaking of making changes - if you are so unhappy with the country and the people in it, why just give up and leave? Why not try to make a change? Teach, run for office, form grassroots actions for the party that is closest to matching your "vision" of what America should be?

Simply leaving is rather defeatist, don't you think?