Well Gordon, Marriage has traditionally more to do with money than most other subjects we have discussed. Interestingly, the Germans were the first to call the kid by it's name. They define a marriage as a 'union for the purpose of accumulation' and have one of their really long words that nobody can pronounce that describes just that.
Once cave man stopped sneaking up on females, knocking them over their head and dragging them into a cave for the purpose of procreation, and instead took to asking her father for permission before knocking her over the head and dragging her into a cave, the whole thing became a business transaction. The ultimate purpose of marriage (aside of implied ownership rights in which the female owns everything the male can produce) is to ensure that property rights and heirloom definitions are established and the loot passed on to the next lot of head knockers. Those were the days. In addition, most traditional communities still look at the bride price, or on the other side of the scale, the dowry, in terms of gold or commodities, life stock, etc. To the best of my knowledge, throughout history no father ever set the price of his daughter (or the presents he gave the groom to get her off his back) in bundles of paper. On a different note, I would like to invite people on this list, to join me with drafting a petition to the US gov and fed, asking them to issue bank notes with a white, blank side on the reverse. This would not only increase the usefulness (one could scribble down memos, stamp advertisements on them, etc.) but indeed the inherent value of the dollar. In fact, well used bank notes could even have entertainment value and/or become collector items. Cheers, Robert, budget & privacy website hosting http://www.cyberica.net e-commerce & e-business services http://www.cyfrocash.com budget domain registrations http://www.u2planet.com --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
