Am I a bad liberal for thinking the nutjob arborphile is actually kinda hot?

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nah... you're just a freak. But you knew that.

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If you outlaw marriage, only outlaws will marry.

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If you outlaw marriage, only outlaws will have in-laws.

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Would that make every in-law an outlaw?

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that's how my uncle tends to refer to them.

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there are so many obvious jokes that go with the whole inlaw and outlaw concept. I knew that someone would pick it up when I posted it.

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better than your inlaws marrying...

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Actually, one of the things I took away from my visit to Sweden (apart from the mind-boggling beauty of the country and attractiveness of the inhabitants (every single damn one, it became a game to try to find someone as unattractive as us), was their enlightened outlook.

One of the examples of that outlook that I remember distinctly was the fact that couples living together could register their co-habitation with the government, and gain some benefit from it. Somewhere between the whole-hog of marriage and "you're screwed, you can't prove nothin'" I'm fairly certain that this wasn't limited to the Morally Correct™ pair of man & woman. But I am fairly certain it was limited to two.

But far be it from me to contradict the Lone Star Times. Then again, while I'm doing it, fuck you, the Swedes don't make crappy cars. Or, they didn't until they were subverted into the "Luxury Brand" for a crappy 'Merikan overlord. (Ok, yes, I'm ignoring the 700 Series Volvos everybody makes a mistake once in a while)

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how come you didn't post all kinds of flickr pics of hot swedish chicks then?

yeah, in all seriousness, I really am fascinated by the whole idea of abolishing marriage. I think its a pipedream, but I'd really like to see them pull it off, because I really want to know how that goes.

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Well, mainly because said trip was in 2001, which predates Flickr by just a few years. I do have my Sweden photos in my gallery on my homepage. Except that yesterday, reading the /. announcement about Gallery 2.0, (I'd been running an early beta) I realized I never updated the DB or checked my gallery since we upgraded the webserver. May have even lost the data in the break-in. Hmm, it's not happy. I'll look at it later.

Not that it would have done much good. In 2001 I was still very much in my anti-portrait phase. Most of my photos are devoid of people (or at least people as focus) because I suck at portraiture. At some point I realized that stance was a feedback loop. I still suck at portraiture, but I do try it once in a while.

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</crass>portraits? who was interested in seeing their faces anyway?</crass>

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France has the same kind of policy, where couples can live together and get benefits. In fact, many couples there have not been getting married in recent years.

I doubt that will work over here, especially with the high number of religious fundamentalists in our government.

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Oh and that picture reminds me of a professor I had my freshman year. His name was legally changed to "Talks to Trees". I'm completely serious. He was a total nutjob who was supposed to teach me Health and Wellness. He thinks everyone is out to ruin the environment and such. He did have a girlfriend which was odd. Oh, I almost forget that he said that he would NEVER get cancer or a bad disease because he's so healthy. lol

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yeah, you make fun of him now... but that's because you haven't gotten cancer yet. When you do, maybe you'll be the first person in line for some hot tree lovin'.

(and really, aren't you constantly complaining about men anyway? Maybe trees will alleviate some of your problems)

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Ew that is just gross. I'm going to pretend that I didn't even read that.

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hey... you're the one who pointed out your tree loving professor.

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Yeah, but I didn't say that he humped trees. Or that I wanted to hump a tree. That would probably be quite painful. No thanks, I'm only humping men.

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oh... you've changed your mind about being a lesbian then?

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oh, I know... none of my really good political ideas work over here. That's why we need a revolution and when its over I will be king. Its really for the best.

So are the cohabitation laws in france limited to heterosexual monogamous couples, or do they allow homosexuals and/or polyamorous sets?

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It allows homosexuals but not polyamorous.

And you will not be king...unless it's how the Queen of Enlgand is queen but has no power.

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I'd make a good king... i have the thrown pose down and everything... and I look great in the crown and royal robes that I wear around the house and uh... perhaps I've said too much.

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I really could see you walking around your house in a robe and crown. And perhaps yelling at the imaginary peasants. lol

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I don't yell at them... I'm a benevolent ruler... and they're real, not imaginary. They're real peasants who wear white jackets and come into my room every few hours and give me a magic happy pill.

Its nice...

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