Book 2 Cont.

1. Of Their Slaves
Slaves are not a legacy or a class of citizen that can be passed on. I find it reasonable to have slaves under the effect that they are all criminals condemned to life. I find this is much more reasonable and useful than a death sentence. Slavery is just basically what that have instead of capital punishment for truthfully it is more terrible to the crimanals than death itself.

2. Marriage
I believe it is better to have the age restriction on marriage which they set at 18 for women and 22 for men. The age for men I believe should be equal to the women but I support the restriction itself. There next testament is that there is no sex before marriage unless you wish to be severely punished and denied marriage for the rest of their life. Marriage in Utopia is taken as a serious sacrement also in that there are no divorces unless adultery is present. Their society would not work well in an American one I know that is for sure.

3.Law
Of their law they have no lawyers. I find it entertaining that this is the case as it is mostly because they regard it as a dishonest profession so their job is despised. In place of this every man must plead his own case and trust it to the judge to make the decison. It is because of this that citizens most know the law themselves and in this knowledge they are actually less likely to make offences as most crime is ignorance of the law in my opinion.

4.Military and War

Utopians first of all detest war as a brutal thing however as is my opinion war is not something you can just put away since it is sometimes necessary. For this point all citizens of Utopia are trained daily in military exercises and disipline. This I believe is an intelligent decison and just common sense because just on account of the fact that you dont want war does not mean someone else will not. For the most part due to their stance though the only wars they fight are those to help out their friends. In return for this help they are able to hire soldiers as well for their own wars so that they do not have to fight the wars themselves. In this they take out those that wish to fight on both sides and basically just take out two birds with one stone. They must not be taken for cowards with this opinion though for when they do fight there is no surrendering for them, no retreat.

5.Religion
Of the relegion it is much like our own in America. They have an open system in which all religions are tolerated. In fact they have enacted laws just so that all have freedom of religion. Their priests are not highly decorated in these also but just regarded as regular citizens. One thing that sets them apart it mentions is that in the realm of musical and instrumental ability they have no comparison. I believe this comes from their desire for peace and allows them to express this through song.