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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Dave Low wrote in message ...
> > Although I can imagine it would make life hard for the government! "Are you
> > single or married? If married, to how many people of which genders?"
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> Heheh. Might move them towards treating everyone the same, single or
> married!
I wonder how much of our societal unacceptance of polyamory is based on the
desire for control? It would be harder for the government to keep track of
stuff, but so the hell what? But for those who think that kind of control is
good, I can see why they would have a vested interest in keeping the world
monogamous.
> > Kevin, do you think polyamory (where did you find that expression, btw?)
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> There's a whole polyamory subculture. Try doing a Google search, there
I read alt.polyamory for a year or so about eight years ago. There should be
tons of stuff available to be searched up.
> than one person at a time: whether any of them are legally married or not is
> pretty much irrelevant. It also implies consenting adults: messing around
> with a co-worker behind ones spouses back doesn't count!
OTOH, I have encountered people who were openly polyamorous, but in a
relationship with a partner who wasn't. That is, they were in a monogamous
relationship on one side and a polygamous relationship on the other, and it was
working at the time.
> > works better for non-straight people? I can imagine there's less of the
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> From what I've seen, most poly people are bi
My experience strongly corroborates this. Virtually all the poly folks that
I've known were at least hypothetically bi even if they had hetero leanings.
One guy I know says that monogamy was originally established by an
overcontrolling power structure way back to keep people dependent on the state.
His assertion is that all our needs shouldn't be depending on one partner,
because those shoes are just too large to fill by one person. If nothing else,
because of the differences in the way men and women think, we need a man and a
woman who are so close that we could call them a spouse, but better yet,
several of each. By forcing a false morality that demands monogamy, the state
keeps people off balance and more dependent on authority. I can't go on in any
more detail than that about his views, but that's the basics.
Chris
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| (...) This is pretty typical of the crap that polyamorists spew in an attempt to make themselves seem enlightened. First of all, what state is forcing morality on anyone? As far as I know, in most state adultery isn't even illegal. Many religions (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Dave Low wrote in message ... (...) Heheh. Might move them towards treating everyone the same, single or married! (...) There's a whole polyamory subculture. Try doing a Google search, there should be plenty of hits. I first came across the term (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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