Quote: Points taken..
Please don't read me wrong
I have a wife and a couple of girl children, all of who I love deeply.
I am also very fortunate that my wife is sensible and we can talk through our issues.
Perhaps I am also a little more aware of the problems because of my education and training.
But I have seen it all go bad with friends and family because of pressures that have destroyed their relationships.
There is nothing on this earth sadder than watching the love of two people fail, not because of them, but because of the pressures of life.
Love should never fail we are all told
Happily ever after is a myth,
You love passionately in the early years.
You grow to know each other And find things you don't like
You try to change the other, while holding onto your own failings.
But suddenly, you begin to realize that the person you loved is changing.
Smart people, those who will have a long marriage, stop trying to change each other
Accepting the differences as we accept the little faults in our favourite things
In time you begin to love these little faults, because they make your partner who they are.
It is at this point you know what true love is.
Irrespective of all the faults, warts and grey hairs
That little woman is the love of your life.
Every time I see her, every time we hold hands, every time we pass each other And touch, only makes us love more.
Men and women are different
We can never be the same
We can never be the perfect image that the other wants
Trying to change men into pseudo women or women into pseudo men will bring no satisfaction or joy.
We must learn to embrace the differences
We must learn that we are different
Or the human race is doomed.
I try to deal with the over-riding issues of power, violence and its use as a tool for hegemony, the use of the law as a means of generating/continuing civil war by other means, and the blatant attempt by some to establish as near a controlled society as possible by bringing down our culture and the personal power of the individual.
I know that escapes many here - who imagine that because I oppose lies and propaganda, I am somehow in favour of some bashing some - when a fair reading of what I post says the absolute opposite - I support no violence at all... bur rather warn against using violence as a means to control violence...
That's like the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbour to ensure peace in The Pacific.