you all enjoy the trip. i'll pray that all goes weel
for Case.
--- Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kendall,
>
> Watch Catherine Creir on Court TV if it has not
> played there yet.
> This now 20 year old woman talks about what it was
> like at 14 to be
> forced in to a sham marriage believing hell was her
> only option. I
> think we'll all agree this is wrong.
> I was on the mainland for about 6 weeks and
> monitored but did not
> write. The family is taking a huge step and seeing
> Dr. Nuzzo on Dec
> 13th in NJ and Case will have perc lengthening and
> be in casts for
> four weeks. He is looking forward to this surgery.
> He will also get
> an alcohol block. He has had nothing but hands on
> stuff since botox
> quit working a few years ago. In order to strengthen
> between now and
> then he rides his trike to school 1.6 miles. He is
> so tight that the
> bike riding is the best along with swimming.
> Then for Christmas we will all be in CO at Winter
> Park. My daughter
> and her family will come as well. They have the best
> disabled ski
> program in the country and Case will be able to ski
> with the walking
> casts we think. Case is learning ukulele and I am
> reading him Billy
> Crystals 700 Sundays to him and his brother which
> his parents wonder
> if it is appropriate. It is interesting and Case
> loves it.
> I've been reading the list but not posting. Of
> course I loved the
> election but the news from there is very bad.
>
> All the best and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone,
>
> Linda
>
> At 11:50 AM 11/21/2006, you wrote:
> >Linda,
> >
> >Thanks for posting this! Part of the reason I
> posted is that I haven't
> >heard from you in awhile, and wondered how you and
> Case (and the rest of the
> >family) are doing. I was at a conferernce the
> first of the month and met a
> >guy in the disability studies department at
> UH-Manoa. He's done some
> >interesting work on helping people with
> disabilities "tell their story," and
> >how that defines and influences culture.
> >
> >As Deri said, sometimes one wife is too many (and
> I'm sure Janet would say
> >the same about husbands, probably more often).
> With what's now known about
> >the effects of intermarriage from a biological
> standpoint, it's
> >indefensible. From the standpoint of economic and
> social subjugation
> >(playing the devil's advocate), I
> >wonder if some of those effects would be mitigated
> if it were more openly
> >practiced.
> >
> >As polygamy is currently practiced, I am against
> it, and can't envision it
> >becoming something that could become innocuous from
> an abuse standpoint.
> >What I guess those who argue in favor of multiple
> spouses might envision is
> >the "communal" lifestyle of the late sixties, but
> that generally didn't
> >work either, for many of the same reasons you
> mention.
> >
> >Be well; I enjoy discussing things with you, and
> now that the elections are
> >over, it was time to find a new controversal
> thread! ;-{)}
> >
> >On 11/21/06, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > What people don't realize is polygamy is unsound
> genetically and it
> > > is so difficult to get women to accept it that
> the only way to
> > > promote it is by isolating people and
> indoctrinating them to believe
> > > that this is the only path to heaven. Polygamy
> is a human and civil
> > > rights abuse for women and children according to
> the UN Comm on the
> > > Elimination of Discrimination towards women and
> children. The wives
> > > and children are used to promote the mans wealth
> and they never see
> > > any of it. It is poverty, incest and abuse and
> even if you are
> > > libertarian you ought to be against that.
> > > You must marry the young because once they are
> older they do not want
> > > to go into polygamy. Not to mention that the
> polygamist groups are
> > > racist hate groups. I disagree with Turley.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Kendall
> > >
> > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> > >
> > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the unreasonable one
> > > persists in trying to adapt the world to
> himself. Therefore, all progress
> > > depends on the unreasonable man.
> > >
> > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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