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  1. 2019-05-02, 11:03 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #561
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    Default Re: OOTS #1162 - The Discussion Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by woweedd View Post
    Arranged marriages generally don't allow divorce.
    Point of order: that is not true in general (Roman marriages were generally arranged and dissolved as politics dictated) and most certainly not true in Dwarven OotS, where Hilgya did obtain a divorce.

    Quote Originally Posted by The_Weirdo View Post
    It's simple: I don't want to have to argue against forced marriage.
    And since no-one but the strawmen you create is arguing in favour of forced marriage, why do you keep creating said strawmen?

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    But really, the important lesson here is this: Rather than making assumptions that don't fit with the text and then complaining about the text being wrong, why not just choose different assumptions that DO fit with the text?
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