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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (75518)	9/25/2003 4:20:29 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't think anyone wants you showing up if you're dead. I think almost all people would agree on that etiquette.

To: Lane3 who wrote (75518)	9/25/2003 7:06:58 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

But obviously you DID do this wedding. So you do do weddings on rare occasions. A wedding is a ritual celebration. As with all rituals, it has ritual elements. In almost every culture that I am aware of, one of the rituals of weddings is that people get dressed up for them. Oh, sure, in the 60s some people tried to do non-ritual weddings, don't dress up, but that, too, was a ritual, just a counter-ritual ritual. But if you look at almost any culture, of whatever religion, you find that the weddings are a time of celebration, and a time of dressing up. I happen to believe that rituals, as I believe that myths, are an important aspect of any culture and civilization.