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In article <4l4hvf$eid@nuhou.aloha.net>, George  <smooth@aloha.net> wrote:
>< You've got half an answer:  it's not enough to see that the church
>imposed monogomy; you have ask why there were so many polygamous
>marriages in the first place. >
>
>Because it is just more fun ?  :-)  Perhaps it even makes more sense, financially ? (It costs less to buy 
>anything if 10 people team up ? Or that 8 - 10 breadwinners in a family insure a higher financial safety 
>for the offsprings than only 2 ? )

Have you done any research about the percentage of polygamous
relationships that are stable?

>< Remember:  just because it was done in the past doesn't make it right. >
>
>Just because it (monogamy) is done now, it doesn't make it right any more either...it can be as well just 
>a passing flavor or the millenium, how can you tell ?  Because the Church says ? Ho ho ho. I wouldn't 
>trust them with a chocolate cake, let alone my sex life :-)

Did I say anything about the church?  No, you did.  I suggest you do
more research before just flinging your gonads to the world at large.
The world at large might not want them.  What I'm saying is your
research into the topic is incomplete.  All you've said so far is
that the church in the past got rid of all those polygamous
relationships and that you want to be polygamous.  As a thinking
person, it seems pretty amazing that you're going to change your lifestyle
based on one piece of information.

>
>< In today's society with all the STD's floating around, [polygamy] makes even less sense. >
>
>Basketball makes even less sense, and you can't even imagine how popular it is  :-)
>The only way to keep all STDs away from you  is to live your life behind a closed door.
>While my houseplants don't complain, I think I would find that a _leeetle_ boring.

Uh, how exactly is basketball related to this topic?

>
>< Lastly, your argument is specious:  just because *you* say you aren't a pervert doesn't mean you 
>*aren't* a pervert.  >
>
>If calling me a pervert makes you happy, call me a pervert.  Anything to make you happy  Just don't ask 
>for money, I'm sentimentally too attached to it...   :-)
>( Why did I have a pressentiment that if someone flames me, it will be another male ? )

Uh, did I actually *say* you were a pervert?  No.  I said perversion
is defined by local rules.  Yeesh.

Following your train of thought is very much like following
a trail of mush that people have been walking on for several
days, and it's about as useful.

			Robert
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Robert Becker                                      robertb@world.std.com
Erstwhile bicyclist, avid father, longtime breather