RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
July 2, 2015 at 9:07 pm
(July 2, 2015 at 8:39 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Yeah "wife" shouldn't be seen as a derogatory term, because that term now implies new responsibilities, privileges, and contributions that matter a lot more than the ancient history of a word, right?
Aw, between you and Cato, what am I going to do? I agree that changing the word without changing the reality will only cause the new word to take on the same connotations and stigmas as the old word. Still, it's interesting to explore the meanings of words and where they come from.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
