tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post3463832106246650122..comments2023-03-31T23:40:42.954-05:00Comments on Revolution 21's Blog for the People: As I was saying. . . .The Mighty Favoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-84303039149143378442009-02-04T13:06:00.000-06:002009-02-04T13:06:00.000-06:00I don't dispute that. They have worked -- and can ...I don't dispute that. They have worked -- and can work -- in the context of times and cultures where that's just how things are done.<BR/><BR/>By the same token, though, horrible abuses are possible in this system as well, as you note.<BR/><BR/>My overriding objection, however, isn't the possibility of a carefully considered arranged marriage brokered by people with noble motives and sufficient information. It is, instead, that it's all being done for sport . . . for the amusement of the masses.<BR/><BR/>And the more fireworks, the better, right?<BR/><BR/>This is a debasement of the entire concept of matrimony, arranged or otherwise. Marriage is a sacred thing, and these TV bastards are manipulating people into arranged ones as some sort of mad-scientist experiment -- not for the end of gaining knowledge (depite the problematic means) but instead for the sake of kicks and giggles.<BR/><BR/>It's all bread and circuses, and we're starting to run out of the bread.The Mighty Favoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-34729857537782581302009-02-04T09:03:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:03:00.000-06:00To be fair, arranged marriages have worked for man...To be fair, arranged marriages have worked for many centuries along those same lines. But they worked in cultures in which people recognized <EM>serious</EM> familial obligations that overrode personal preferences. People also recognized that happiness and love are not things that one is guaranteed; you have to work at it.<BR/><BR/>Of course there were plenty of examples of abusive marriages in such cultures. But were there more than there are in our own, hyperindividualistic, instant-gratification culture? That is something I don't think anyone has seriously tried to find out.Not a wine critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962849509867116489noreply@blogger.com