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[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

301--family and the sanctity of the sperm

OK, gang. We've talked about our biological families, and we've talked about families in general, along with the problems that face them. I would like you to be aware that where I'm from, people sometimes shun the sanctity of the sperm and the egg...they cast off all biological ties and create their own family. People latch on to others, that's human nature.

Life can be very hard. Without some kind of family structure, people do not thrive.

Why do we need other people? Why are we not solitary creatures? What does it say about this drive that we will dismiss our bloodlines and pick up on people who offer something we need? And most importantly, how do we communicate this? Is it verbal? Physical? Textual or understood, or perhaps chemical?

Discuss.

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[miss-monochrome.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: No, or atleast not in anybody's that I know. Frell, the beings I was with, we tried to kill each other on a regular basis. But, uh, just 'cause you might fight on a normal day ::laughs to herself about the idea that a normal day wouldn't include fighting an enemy:: it doesn't mean that there isn't love there.

It..it's what makes being in that family different, I guess. You may not get along, you may have completely opposite goals, and sometimes you might even be acting in direct conflict with somebody else's goals. But what's different about that and fighting with some random being, is that there's history and caring and all that to fall back on. You know *why* they're being uncooperative...and you usually know *how* to convince them to cooperate.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

And does that take us back to trust and influence, Chiana?

[miss-monochrome.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. You get that close to someone, you eventually have to learn to trust them which means you're allowing them to have influence over you. You're trusting that, even if they want something different from you, that they care enough about you not to influence you into doing somethin' that'll... that'll hurt you.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Precisely, Chiana. some people choose familial groups as a direct result of broken trust in their blood family.

Do you have anythign else you want to add?