bridgeburner
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Not to be a total prig, but the article strikes me as kind of a "Dude! Get a load of those wacky Aborigines!"
Obviously the marriage is for the families. The couple is dead. What do they care?
Those who are remaining, however, had plans and expectations which without the marriage would go unrealized. I know nothing about the particular cultural identity of the people involved, but it sounds to me as if it is far more community and family focused than the Westernized ideal of self-focus.
Also not a good idea to take for granted that had the couple survived their altercation they would have chosen not to marry. They were already expecting a child together. Their families were mingling and expecting to continue mingling both socially more importantly economically. Plenty of couples fight violently and don't split up ---- if more of them would call it quits we'd have fewer domestic violence deaths.
-B
Obviously the marriage is for the families. The couple is dead. What do they care?
Those who are remaining, however, had plans and expectations which without the marriage would go unrealized. I know nothing about the particular cultural identity of the people involved, but it sounds to me as if it is far more community and family focused than the Westernized ideal of self-focus.
Also not a good idea to take for granted that had the couple survived their altercation they would have chosen not to marry. They were already expecting a child together. Their families were mingling and expecting to continue mingling both socially more importantly economically. Plenty of couples fight violently and don't split up ---- if more of them would call it quits we'd have fewer domestic violence deaths.
-B
