[mook]

on a personal level, I've got no problem with polygamy. if you really think you're life will improve with an extra wife, be my guest. frankly, I think it just sets the guy up to be on the losing side of a lot of arguments.

sociologically, though, I don't think it's healthy. it means a few men hording a disproportionate share of the hotties. any society that sets up a scarcity of women is only asking for trouble from its lonely single men.

people go on about Islamo-fascism, but I think it has as much to do with 20 year old guys with no money and little hope of having sex. they should call it hornypoverty-fascism. the scariest people I've ever met are not getting laid and have nothing to lose.

which, by the way, makes me really worry about China in another ten years.

[maxiep]

Originally Posted by mook

on a personal level, I've got no problem with polygamy. if you really think you're life will improve with an extra wife, be my guest. frankly, I think it just sets the guy up to be on the losing side of a lot of arguments.

I don't know about you, but I don't need more than one wife to lose every single argument we have.

[e_blazer1]

Originally Posted by hasoos

What if multiple transvestites marry? What then? or a bunch of hermaphrodites?

I believe that would fit in the "group marriage" category.

On a personal level, with the work it takes to have a good marriage with one person, I can't imagine why anyone would want more than one spouse...well, except for the obvious one of sexual variety...and I guess that's a personal choice.

I go with Maxie's statement that government should get out of the marriage game entirely and just deal with the legal side of things with civil unions for everyone. If society wants to open that up to multiple partners, I can't see any overwhelming objection as long as everyone involved is an adult and is making a free choice. That last part could be difficult to judge, however, in the case of some of these loony cults. Churches can continue on marrying those who desire faith-based unions.

[barfo]

Originally Posted by maxiep

What if men are left with no choice and not educated?

They become laker fans.

barfo

[Draco]

Well the big problem with polygamy is all the statutory rape and borderline slavery going on with all those kids. Also all those wives are legally 'single mothers' taking advantage of public welfare programs.

I do have a little bit of a problem with the idea of polygamy even among consenting adults. I don't think it's a healthy lifestyle for the family, the children, or our society as a whole. It's just I think adults that aren't breaking any laws should be able to make their own choices regarding their lives so my disapproval of that arrangement shouldn't stop those from living their lives however they legally want to.

I have a problem with the idea of people being legally married to more than one person. I just think legally speaking marriage should be between one man and one women, any other arrangement shouldn't fall under the term 'marriage'. If consenting adults want to live their life as one family with multiple wives that's their prerogative, I just think it should have a separate terminology. I don't consider that to be a marriage.

[barfo]

I believe a man has a right to as many supermodels as his bed can hold, but that he should not pile them more than 3 deep except on special occasions.

barfo

[hasoos]

Originally Posted by barfo

I believe a man has a right to as many supermodels as his bed can hold, but that he should not pile them more than 3 deep except on special occasions.

barfo

Just wait Barfo. The Clones are coming!

[crandc]

e_blazer, my dictionary uses both definitions, so we are both right, which is the best of all possible worlds.

Mook, you raise a good point. I also think of the polygamist groups in the US where one man has 8 or 9 wives but women can have only one husband. Since the number of men and women is roughly equal, this obviously poses a problem, which man gets the 8 wives while 7 others get none? (Obviously not all the men will be hetero, say one gay man of the 7, but that still leaves 6.)

maxiep, I am not resonsible for what you see in my posts that I did not put there. I don't want to keep repeating myself because it's boring and I'd rather do something constructive like clean the cat boxes.

[Draco]

Is there any example of groups of polygamy where one woman has had multiple husbands? I've never heard of anything but one man having tons of wives.

[sa1177]

Originally Posted by Draco

Is there any example of groups of polygamy where one woman has had multiple husbands? I've never heard of anything but one man having tons of wives.

Rare these days, used to be more common in rural areas of Tibet, Siberia and parts of China. Often a woman would marry a set of brothers. One brother might be at any given time with the woman as the others were off hunting, gathering food, etc.

[maxiep]

Originally Posted by crandc

maxiep, I am not resonsible for what you see in my posts that I did not put there. I don't want to keep repeating myself because it's boring and I'd rather do something constructive like clean the cat boxes.

I'm sorry you can't see your own assumptions and biases. I know it's often difficult, but studying First Principles is often the best way to figure out your own personal philosophy.

I'm all for equal rights, regardless of the criteria. However, I want those rights to be equal. Your concern with only one sex shows your own personal bias. If you limited it to children, I wouldn't have brought it up. However, it's clear you think only young girls need protection, not young boys.

Furthermore, your belief that an outside entity needs to intervene shows that you believe that individuals are not capable of taking care of their own problems and need a lifetime nanny. It's a legitimate point of view--one that Western Europe embraces--but it's a bias nevertheless. My own bias is that people need to learn to be responsible for their own lives. If they fail, sometimes that has to be a hard fall.

[SodaPopinski]

The idea of monogamy bothers me. Who's with me?

-Pop

[hoojacks]

muhr-age is the fahn-day-shun of civil-eye-zay-shun