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2294, RE: Love doesn't exist outside of a context
Posted by dhalgren718, Thu Mar-18-04 03:25 AM
>Being that it is more of an ambiguous concept than a
>concrete word it cannot not be conceptualized outside of a
>situation IMO.
>
>Love in the "traditional" sense of wanting to marry someone
>is the idea that a man and a woman making a committment
>forming a union to start a family for the good of the
>community.

That's a pretty newfangled idea, considering arranged marriages have pretty much ruled up until – what, the last century? THAT was why you got married: your family demanded it. I think modern marriage is based more on emotion - sometimes for better, others for worse.


>
>Love in other forms can be a child being aggressive with a
>parent hooked on crack, and wanting that parent to do
>better.
>
>it usually seems to entail some kind of sacrafice