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To: Amy J who wrote (183109)	2/19/2004 10:45:54 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577124

Please don't dis what you do not fully know. You appear to be passing judgement from a viewpoint that may reflect a culture where parents' opinions are seemingly ignored and where people might spend more due diligence on a used car than for a spouse. Try the possibility of interpreting it from a different culture, where parents are considered useful. Amy, please don't tell me what I know and don't know. You hardly know me nor my life experiences. In fact, how dare you be so presumptuous?! ted

To: Amy J who wrote (183109)	2/19/2004 10:51:24 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577124

Meanwhile, India (and other countries), conduct extensive interviews on the person and family. You consider arranged marriage to be something where parents tell their children who they should marry, this is in your eyes. Reality is different. Arranged marriages are considered an extensive due diligence interviewing process of the groom-wannabe (or bride) by their families. The person getting married marries who they want to marry. They just happen to have the involvement of their family to help conduct an extensive interview. Just last year, there was an Indian couple in Vancouver, BC who fell in love and wanted to marry. Her parents were against it. The man went to India to convince some of her family that he was the right guy for her. Her family had him killed. And when the woman refused to marry whom they wanted her to marry, they had her killed too. This was an upper middle class Indian family. An isolated incident? Not from what my Indian friends tell me. They say its more common than anyone wants to admit. ted