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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