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sulphurdunn

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28. Incest is an Uber taboo.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 06:55 PM

Jan 2013

It isn't OK anymore than pedophilia and bestiality are OK. Somethings are forbidden for very good reasons. It would be nice if murder was as repugnant to us, but large scale murder is useful. I suppose if incest became useful to the powerful, we'd be sold a diet of incest promos until it became OK too.

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Sibling Incest Class Offered at University of Missouri? [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

it's literary analysis BainsBane Jan 2013 #1

Trying to understand something=normalizing it? Kurska Jan 2013 #2

But what if the sister is pregnant? alp227 Jan 2013 #3

They should probably get an abortion then. Kurska Jan 2013 #6

nobody is going to commit incest because they took BainsBane Jan 2013 #8

There's only a fairly modest increase in the chance of congenital diseases... shaayecanaan Jan 2013 #11

Bollocks to both sides! Ian Iam Jan 2013 #4

What's a YouTube 'channel'? marble falls Jan 2013 #12

And to think this whole time..... Grassy Knoll Jan 2013 #5

To the extent our culture has been shaped by the culture of royalty... napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #7

One word.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #9

The conservative Biblical fundamentalists should be fine with this pnwmom Jan 2013 #10

I think a general class in incest would be more interesting. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #13

That would belong in the psychology department, alp227 Jan 2013 #14

This one is in literature, so why not a general one? Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #15

Hush your mouth! another_liberal Jan 2013 #21

id have to agree shaayecanaan Jan 2013 #19

The hosts' bigotry . . . MrModerate Jan 2013 #16

Humanities Profs are Trolling for Interest SEMOVoter Jan 2013 #17

This is science. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #18

As a friend of mine . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #20

I had some similar topics DissidentVoice Jan 2013 #22

You beat me to it. Rozlee Jan 2013 #25

Cersei and Jaime Lannister in "Game of Thrones" AnnieBW Jan 2013 #30

All in the Family: INCEST AND INFLUENCE: The Private Life of Bourgeois England (Charles Darwin, etc) Mutatis Mutandis Jan 2013 #23

Maybe there's a lot of it going on in that state. n/t L0oniX Jan 2013 #24

and we have a winner! dlwickham Jan 2013 #26

+1 for your sig line n/t L0oniX Jan 2013 #31

So, according to these conservatives' logic... Canuckistanian Jan 2013 #27

Incest is an Uber taboo. sulphurdunn Jan 2013 #28

Discuss the relationship between Cersei and Jaime Lannister AnnieBW Jan 2013 #29