Incest

[kingnick0694]

So, here's a slightly different topic...

What do you think about it?
Is it morally right? Should it be legal? Why or why not?
Anything else?

 

[darth rave]

It's sexually immoral. Why? The Bible says no (Leviticus 18:6-18). As a Christian I try to follow it.

Should it be legal? Maybe, it's a hard question to answer. If both people say it's okay and they feel right about it then they should be allowed to do what they want. It's just another government control.

 

[mu-b]

It is wrong in very many ways.

Why sleep with a family member and cause a child to have deformity's.

 

[DropKick Murphys]

I don't see any good reason from stopping two consenting people from doing something that only affects them.

 

[Schnell]

Incest is wrong. Not because the bible says it, as biblical rules are being bent and broken to fit the masses, but because it leads to diseases and deformities. Look anywhere in nature, incest is a no-go.

A saw a TV-program once, where two gorillas were raised to (the zoo-keepers hoped) live together and have children. When they grew and became adults, nothing happened. It was concluded that this was because the two gorillas had been raised as "brother and sister" and therefore wouldn't have any kids with each other.


Incest should not be legal. It shouldn't even be an issue. It's sick and against the way of nature.

 

[Schnell]

I don't see any good reason from stopping two consenting people from doing something that only affects them.

It is very likely to affect the children. Both physically and socially.

 

[Schnell]

So women with Downs syndrome can't have sex either? What about genetic blindness? Why not draw the line at people who have male pattern baldness?

Baldness is taking it a bit far, but your other two examples are good. People with serious genetic problems should not reproduce.

 

[The True Gears]

I believe it's wrong because of what it cann do to the children. As for the couple, I couldn't care less about what they choose to do.

 

[Schnell]

Then where should the line be drawn? Sounds like Nazism.

Don't just sit there and throw big words at me. Back up with good logic why it is a good thing to grow up, and live, with genetic defects.

 

[JohnK]

I frown upon it, however, it is out of my control what others choose to do.

 

[FG4]

Incest is just wrong.

My parents employed a couple who were uncle and niece. Both are drunks and lazy (that part has nothing to do with incest, but stated nonetheless.).

You have to be pretty trashy and desperate to screw your own family.

 

[JohnK]

Why? What makes them (your family) different?

Obviously, your family are blood relatives to you. People who are not in an incestuos relationship are not blood relatives. That is the difference, duh.

 

[Schnell]

Copypasta possible results of inbreeding from wikipedia:

* Reduced fertility both in litter size and sperm viability
* Increased genetic disorders
* Fluctuating facial asymmetry
* Lower birth rate
* Higher infant mortality
* Slower growth rate
* Smaller adult size
* Loss of immune system function

 

[Schnell]

I love how you didn't quote infant mortality and loss of immune system function, and none of your answers really add to your side of the discussion.

 

[Swan]

Freedom of body: One can do what one wants, consenting with another person, regardless of consequences both short and long term.

 

[JohnK]

How is relation relevant?

^LOL

1) This is a thread about Incest.

2) You asked FG4 what the diffrence is between dating a family member or a non family member. I told you the difference.

 

[DropKick Murphys]

It is very likely to affect the children. Both physically and socially.

non sequitur...

 

[dam prayer noobs]

Dude, morals don't have shit to do with it. If two people consent to something, your opinions don't mean a thing.

 

[The Riddler_]

Then where should the line be drawn? Sounds like Nazism.



Any child can be sad, regardless of deformities, and many deformed children are the happiest I've ever met.

It's like taking cocaine/meth while pregnant (sorta).

Incest is just wrong.

My parents employed a couple who were uncle and niece. Both are drunks and lazy (that part has nothing to do with incest, but stated nonetheless.).

You have to be pretty trashy and desperate to screw your own family.

Why?

How is relation relevant?



So people who might create infertile babies (everyone) may not breed?



It doesn't talk about severity of disorders.



Ugly people can't breed?



So there will be fewer and fewer people with the disorders.



What of midgets?



Above

I think I saw a documentary or something on a midget couple that wanted a sperm donor that had the genetics for the baby to be a definite dwarf. Do you comply? Would you allow this?

^LOL

1) This is a thread about Incest.

2) You asked FG4 what the diffrence is between dating a family member or a non family member. I told you the difference.

Because you share the same blood and because you know them longer than anyone else doesn't mean shit.

Dude, morals don't have shit to do with it. If two people consent to something, your opinions don't mean a thing.

I'm sure it means to the baby.

 

[mu-b]

This thread isn't about pregnancy. It's about the morality of incest, not the possibility of conception.

The thread is about incest, with people who do believe in incest, they are going to be having sex, possibly having a child. This thread is very much about pregnancy.

It's not right to jeopardize the life of a child just because you have to have intimate relations with a family-member.