As the days go by
This blog was specially dedicated to my bro Fadi, when he was in Qatar ,working there, so he could stay updated with us living in Beirut. Now it is for everyday posting, for whatever passes in my mind.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Different cultures
I was reading about infertility and learned that in South Sudan, in the Nuer ethnic group, an infertile woman can be considered as a man and assigned to be the father of a child. I remember reading about another ethnicity in Africa where the family system is not based on marriage as we know it, but rather on polyandry and once the child is born, a father is chosen from the different men the mother knew. If we go back in time, we will notice that homosexuality was part of a normal Roman family where the head of the family tutors a young man and uses him as a dominated partner. Human race is so diverse that beliefs, rules, ethics, culture are so different in time and space. So from this point of view, I can't be shocked when I hear that the man who killed his aid in London and will probably be sentenced there for life in prison for murder, will get the death penalty elsewhere, for being gay , not for commiting murder.
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Fida, I look forward to read your blog and thoughts daily. You know "ce n'est pas parcequ'on n'a rien a dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule". Amities a tous les deux.
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Souheil, it's good that you don't boycott blogs. Unfortunatly, I cannot blog using my cell phone, so I have to wait to have access to my computer, not so much time. I can post on Facebook with my mobile anytime, but it's not the same. Take care you and your family.
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