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Sunlei

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7. I think the 'wonder of DNA tests' will help with the inbreeding problems many

Reply to AngryAmish (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 10:54 AM

Oct 2015

cultures, (including Americans) have.

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Migrant crisis: Dutch alarm over child brides from Syria [View all] Blue_Tires Oct 2015 OP

What are the Dutch law on cousin marriage? AngryAmish Oct 2015 #1

Not sure... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #2

You sound like an Islamophobe. n/t Little Tich Oct 2015 #3

Nothing to do with Islam AngryAmish Oct 2015 #4

I think the 'wonder of DNA tests' will help with the inbreeding problems many Sunlei Oct 2015 #7

It has helped a lot with Hasidic Jews AngryAmish Oct 2015 #13

bringing facts to light doesn't make somebody phobic LOL snooper2 Oct 2015 #5

Not even remotely oberliner Oct 2015 #9

Islamophobe, bigot, racist - way over-used (and abused) here on DU riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #10

Perhaps it's because Islamophobes are most prone to bring up this kind of slander. n/t Little Tich Oct 2015 #11

What slander? oberliner Oct 2015 #15

Child brides, cousin marriage, the Middle East... Little Tich Oct 2015 #32

Governments in the ME are trying to discourage this due to the high rate of genetic/congenital probs Yo_Mama Oct 2015 #22

That explains a lot of things. Lychee2 Oct 2015 #17

Cousin marriage is legal pretty much everywhere on the planet. Xithras Oct 2015 #20

If you do it generation after generation it's a problem. Yo_Mama Oct 2015 #23

Yes and no. Xithras Oct 2015 #25

as many as 20? at least thats not to many pregnant children to deal with. Sunlei Oct 2015 #6

"The government in The Hague is rushing to close a loophole in the asylum law which has so far pampango Oct 2015 #8

The Hague should've anticipated this from the beginning EL34x4 Oct 2015 #12

No, what should have happened from the beginning is this: Lychee2 Oct 2015 #18

Well, of course there's that... (eom) EL34x4 Oct 2015 #28

Do you think you're clever to try to conflate diversity goals with imperialism? CreekDog Oct 2015 #33

The Dutch need to Elmergantry Oct 2015 #14

"Celebrate diversity"? Lychee2 Oct 2015 #19

Yes it was the British Elmergantry Oct 2015 #24

Now that is an extraordinary claim! How about a link to back up that delusion? n/t xocet Oct 2015 #27

Sorry, I thought the sarcasm was obvous. Elmergantry Oct 2015 #29

Oh no! Apparently, I've gone sarcasm-blind. Arghhhhhh! xocet Oct 2015 #30

Well to be honest... Elmergantry Oct 2015 #34

The left in the Netherlands does 'celebrate diversity'. The right does not. That is typical of pampango Oct 2015 #21

Jerry Lee Lewis's first wife was 13. eom uhnope Oct 2015 #16

Oh, well in that case. I guess it's fine. Carry on child molesters. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #31

Girl children are often married off at menarche Warpy Oct 2015 #26

No melman Oct 2015 #35

I think you might do more damage if you come in all hamfisted and heavy handed. Warpy Oct 2015 #36