in an attempt to avoid nonsense tv, we've been watching the ABC at 6:30 between the 2 news programs, instead of whatever is on other channels. on mondays, its talking heads, and today was jimmy barnes.
he told the story of his childhood, and something struck me as very very interesting.
imagine this.
you have 6 children, and have moved to a new country. your husband is a violent drunk, so you leave him, and because you feel you have no other choice, you leave your children too.
their father finds it hard to cope, and the children are close to becoming wards of the state. if you were married, you would probably be given your children.
one day, you comment on this to some of your friends, mostly women, but one is a male friend. and he promptly says "i'll marry you".
i simply cannot imagine this happening in todays society. and that makes me sad.
Monday, 12 November 2007
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