At 11:50 AM 11/18/2003, you wrote:
>The basic physiological and mental differences between men and women
>prevent this from happening.  It's like asking why women want a huge
>wedding when they get married and men want to elope. Have you ever seen a
>man call a woman an "asshole" as a joke? I do that with my buddies all the
>time.  When was the last time you saw a woman ask a man to "pull my
>finger"?  The differences prevent these sorts of things from happening,
>most of the time.

Mental Differences? I assume you mean cultural. I hope you mean cultural or
there are several women on this list that are going to have your skull as a
drinking cup.

larry

>- Matt Small
>
>----- Original Message -----
>   From: Robyn Follen
>   To: CF-Community
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:32 AM
>   Subject: RE: You People
>
>   What's stopping people from abusing heterosexual marriage for the same
>   purposes?
>
>   -Robyn
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:24 AM
>   To: CF-Community
>   Subject: RE: You People
>
>   I'm not sure this is guilt some much as my stupid-people sense kicking
>   in. I mean, I'm not rapidly opposed to the idea, I can just see
>   situations where it might be put to bad use.
>
>   Soemthing strikes me as odd when two guys could watch the Red Sox play a
>   1:00 game, get wasted on Schlitz, and end up at a county courthouse
>   later that day with the full legal right to get married.  That's not
>   catholic guilt, that's a joke people were telling back in the 50s.
>
>   Or a fraternity could use it as a hazing ritual, getting all the plebes
>   married off to one another. I have seen this done in mock fashion, and I
>   know people who would have made kids go all the way (and kids who would
>   have).
>
>   Or a gang thing where you have to prove how hardcore you are.
>
>   Imagine if downtrodden men were marrying themselves off to help
>   immigrants get citizenship. Panhandlers will beat themselves up with
>   sticks for a $20, why not marriage?
>
>   It just strikes me as running counter to the stated aims of the
>   instituion of marriage, to bring social and financial stablity to a
>   country. People could easily abuse this for short-term gain, amusement,
>   status, etc. The bar would need to be set fairly high in order to avoid
>   the problems that go along with it.
>
>   M
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
>   To: CF-Community
>   Subject: RE: You People
>
>   >I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
>   >Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the
>   willies.
>
>   That's just your catholic guilt reflex kicking in man.  You'll get over
>   it
>   :)
>
>   Tim
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
>   To: CF-Community
>   Subject: You People
>
>   I had something important I was going to respond to, where someone asked
>   a question and didn't get a response. I had it all thought out and was
>   getting ready to put it to email, when someone asked me something about
>   stylesheets here in the office. I helped him out, then that thread about
>   Massachusetts came up and I had to post something dumb.
>
>   Now I can't remember what I was going to say, or who I was going to
>   respond to. I looked through all the messages (handily sorted by
>   Microsoft Outlook 2003, the best email editor there is or ever will be)
>   and realized I cannot find what I was going to respond to.
>
>   ...
>
>   I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
>   Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the willies.
>
>   M
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