An example of the distinction between affines and consanguineous would be when you do not pay your bills. The bank will send you notices that your bills have not been payed and eventually if you do not pay the bills then your house, car, or anything you pay bills on can be reposed. Another distinction example would be when someone is a part of a high school football team. You spend all summer getting ready for the season with your team. Various two or three a days practices throughout the summer an into the season will bring you close to the boys on your team and soon enough shortly through the season you will consider your teammates as a family and will protect your family. Such as the quarterback is protected by his offensive line. That can be a family and for a while you might consider the phrase "blood is thicker than water".
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Kinship, Taylor Britt
When someone says "blood is thicker than water" they mean that family is way more important that a typical friendship. It means so much more to family when something goes wrong with one of their relatives. This can be displayed in the readings over the struggles in Iraq. When soldiers band together as one unit, they become part of a family and the term "blood is thicker than water" can play a serious role in the army. Once they become so bonded together, they consider themselves as one big family and their own blood. It also shows in the readings that family is very cherished in the Iraq culture. Each family has a large family tree that follows them and they always protect their own relatives. The term "blood is thicker than water" can also be used in the example of the Iraq culture.
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I like your insight about how those in the miliary can form their own "family" when they join together under a common cause, just like the "band of brothers" theme. "Blood is thicker than water" can also be applied outside of family blood, and I was hoping someone would mention this. When you're part of a team or a group of friends, you tend to be closer to them than you are towards a stranger. Just like in the military, when men are fighting alongside eachother, they protect and defend eachother like a family and form a bond between them all which keeps them together during the fight.
ReplyDeleteYou had a bit of a different explanation of blood is thicker than water than the other people that posted, so i thought that was cool. You introduced me to a different perspective on that subject.
ReplyDeleteI like your example about the football team, because they do have to be like a family in order to be around eachother and trust eachother alot.
Khala, I am glad that you agree with the examples that I gave. I would say that in your post you brought some perspectives to view that I had not had before and I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteSam, I am happy that I revealed a new outlook towards the term "blood is thicker than water." My example of a football team was through personal experience. I played tight end which was a part of the offensive line and I did a lot of blocking for our quarter back. So in order for us to good we had to defend him like he was family so that we could make good plays and score touchdowns. In order for any sports team to achieve victory they have to become a family and trust each other.
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