68. "for someone so concerned" In response to In response to 59 Tue Feb-25-03 04:38 AM
>But if your going to totaly buy into western concepts you >might wanna get a perm and bleach your hair blond.
about "westernization" you certainly do have a very dichotomy filled worldview.
you keep trying to separate body, mind and spirit and place science above & beyond those aspects when they are all intertwined--a VERY western way of thinking. along with your determination to separate actions and words
western = separatist eastern = wholistic, inclusive.
or is polygamy the only eastern ideal you're willing to hold up? if you're going to discuss it, discuss it from the community/family aspects it was meant to have in context.
it wasn't about just getting to fuck who you wanted. a man still had to treat all his wives as fairly as possible to be seen as an upstanding member of his community. that was part of keeping his body, spirit, and mind clean in addition to contributing to the community thru his family. that was the ideal.
it's all about the whole. and you can't have it both ways.
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guess what? there's only one planet. nukes = homelessness.