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Is "family" just a word?

Asked by Berserker (33548points) December 13th, 2009

Generally, we all love our family members, and overlook, or seek to justify or forgive the actions they may do that, if someone not from our family did, would be quick as lightning to judge and condemn.
Is it just a word, or is family really that important?
What are your thoughts? Aren’t we all just humans?
Things like sexual abuse are usually never forgiven, for good reason, so is it instinctive, or is there something more to family?

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