dhalgren718 Member since Jun 20th 2002 16992 posts
Thu Mar-18-04 03:25 AM
21. "RE: Love doesn't exist outside of a context" In response to In response to 5
>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