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"But as I have come to see it, it is more about facing the world as a "team". In larger groups (that is to say, extended family, all composed of marriage links)
by bbq 15y ago
"But as I have come to see it, it is more about facing the world as a "team". In larger groups (that is to say, extended family, all composed of marriage links), perhaps even as a "tribe"... think about that."
I agree! Why do those links have to be marital? I'm not sure they have to be. Which is why the we need to be more open.
- janees 15y agobecause, marital/blood link are more stronger than open/causal links.
- sliverstorm 15y agojanees' grammar is terrible, but he's not entirely wrong. We like to think we are above 'foolish' things like being related to people, but as my grandparents have put it, my brothers will always be my brothers. That is one thing that cannot change- and somehow, that is special. Call me base, call me old-fashioned, but I have come to feel that blood ties are not as imaginary as I used to believe.
- rcthompson 15y agoIf you want a concrete reason that "blood" ties are non-imaginary, there's kin selection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_selection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_selection