Should incest be decriminalised?

[Northland]

Following on from another thread. Now we are in the 21st century do you think that the illegal status of incest should be removed?
If you think its not so simple as a yes or no then feel free to elaborate.

See my comments below.

If it is two consenting adults, where there is no power dynamic, mental illness, or pedopheilia (which falls into WAY inappropriate)...then I couldn't care what people do in their personal life.

I think you start getting into trouble when one person is forcing another to do something they wouldn't otherwise do.

Why do you ask Mitchy?

The comments from Balance1771 state for me times it could be even remotely considered allowable- consenting adults, mentally fit, no power plays/coercion involved. Even with consent and no psychiatric malady, I am not particularly for it and there are far too many available men and women on the loose in the world to make for the necessity of this.

We are talking about any incest.
You see, regardless of morality issues we don't necessarily see it as being all that bad and so decriminalising it would at least stop the punishment of it which some would think is unfair.

Once more mitchymo, you present incest and give no age parameters or other details. In fact, in this post, the one immediately above, you say 'any incest'. Really? You mean such as a 4 year old and an adult? An adult with another adult who is either mentally ill or with Down Syndrome? A man or woman laying incapacitated in a bed, being incested by a father, son, brother, daughter, mother etc.? If you really mean any and all incest, including the aforementioned, then you are of very low character.

Incest not bad? Try to tell that to a person who was forced into it by a parent or sibling.


The only time I could even begin to entertain the idea of incest being acceptable; would be after a nuclear holocaust. If the only survivors were a half dozen or so family members, and the future of the planet depended upon them creating a new generation, then maybe, though I'd be inclined to let the reign of terror of our species end, then and there.

 

[debeli]

If it is decriminalised, incest couples still cannot get married?

 

[alienwanderer]

Even if decriminalized, it should not be encouraged among blood relatives,

The English Royal Family is an example....

 

[thadjock]

If it is decriminalised, incest couples still cannot get married?

hey hey hey, get in line, gays get marriage rights first,

then incest couples,
then mixed species,
then necrophiliacs (this only affects larry kings wives)

 

[debeli]

Incest is illegal in the United States and Canada and some other countries. In the U.S. it is considered a crime. A felony. No it should not be decriminalised. If anything they should make the penalty more severe. Perhaps castration would be a more suitable penalty.

I was just reading about Alan Turing, who was castrated for being a criminal, a felon of that time - a homosexual.

 

[D_Tim McGnaw]

I find the idea of incest utterly revolting. But if two consenting adults wish to partake in an incestuous relationship I can't find a logical reason they shouldn't be allowed to do so, I might find it repellent but I can't find an objective reason why I should advocate it being illegal.

My personal disgust isn't a strong enough reason to deny other consenting adults in possession of their full senses the right to do as they wish to themselves.

 

[D_Aston Asstonne]

What are we talking about. Father/daughter... Mother/son etc.... that would bother me. Fourth cousins, not so much.

Even cousins are off limits.unless you're from alabama.

 

[TomCat84]

Between heterosexual couples- no, it should stay a crime. Years of experience/research has shown that the offspring of closely related individuals results in MUCH higher rates of deformities, mental illnesses, etc. Incestuous relationships between members of the same sex is a little harder to argue against- after all- no chance of pregnancy.

 

[TomCat84]

Even cousins are off limits.unless you're from alabama.

Most states allow incestuous marriages past a certain degree of seperation.

 

[mitchymo]

To answer Northlands point about my saying ANY incest. I do not mean any age, i'm talking age of legality minimum otherwise its a whole different crime.

'Should crime be decriminalised?'
Then people who think it's unfair won't get pissed off when they're sent to jail! :tongue:

Oh Joll, you can be so sarcasticly amusing at times, that's why i loves ya! :smile:

Incest is illegal in the United States and Canada and some other countries. In the U.S. it is considered a crime. A felony. No it should not be decriminalised. If anything they should make the penalty more severe. Perhaps castration would be a more suitable penalty.

Seriously? I could'nt disagree more.

For the record also, incest between brothers is not a criminal offence in the Czech Republic. (For those of you who are fans of the Peters twins, you'll already have figured that after Lukas Ridgeston former hot porn actor now director created the film debut where they have incest sex

If it is decriminalised, incest couples still cannot get married?

One step at a time is normally the way to look at progression. I think just decriminalising would be a sign that although not socially acceptable it would'nt involve being punished for it.

 

[Mr. Snakey]

I was just reading about Alan Turing, who was castrated for being a criminal, a felon of that time - a homosexual.

I knew a man who was murdered because he was black. What has being homosexual got to do with incest? If you are saying homosexuals are more likely to commit incest, i don't agree with that at all.

 

[thadjock]

If you are saying homosexuals are more likely to commit incest, i don't agree with that at all.

ya, ^he's^ right,

it's Jerry Springer guests, not homos.

 

[lordylordy]

I knew a man who was murdered because he was black. What has being homosexual got to do with incest? If you are saying homosexuals are more likely to commit incest, i don't agree with that at all.

I think the idea was that people were castrated for a sexual practice that people considered gross and unacceptable at the time(homosexuality). And you put forward the idea to do the same to people whose sexual practices you consider gross and unacceptable(incest).

 

[debeli]

I think the idea was that people were castrated for a sexual practice that people considered gross and unacceptable at the time(homosexuality). And you put forward the idea to do the same to people whose sexual practices you consider gross and unacceptable(incest).

Exactly.
While I don't like neither homosexuality nor incest, it's just social category, people should not get punished for any of it.
I think incest marriages should not be allowed because of the children, but that is not a repressive law.

 

[mitchymo]

I find the idea of incest utterly revolting. But if two consenting adults wish to partake in an incestuous relationship I can't find a logical reason they shouldn't be allowed to do so, I might find it repellent but I can't find an objective reason why I should advocate it being illegal.

My personal disgust isn't a strong enough reason to deny other consenting adults in possession of their full senses the right to do as they wish to themselves.

Well said, although i don't find it utterly revolting. Its a subject which seems to show a real difference of opinion.

 

[Mr. Snakey]

I think the idea was that people were castrated for a sexual practice that people considered gross and unacceptable at the time(homosexuality). And you put forward the idea to do the same to people whose sexual practices you consider gross and unacceptable(incest).

The only idea i put forward was the penalty for someone committing incest. My initial post had nothing to do with homosexuality. I will refrain from posting on this topic further simply because this topic may soon be pushing the envelope in regards to the T.o.S. Some things are best discussed elsewhere.

 

[TomCat84]

Exactly.
While I don't like neither homosexuality nor incest, it's just social category, people should not get punished for any of it.
I think incest marriages should not be allowed because of the children, but that is not a repressive law.

If you "don't like" homosexuality, why the fuck are you on a site for large penises? Because you simply need support for your large penis?

 

[B_Hickboy]

I fuck you all.

 

[arthurdent]

The English Royal Family is an example....

Over the centuries there has been a lot of in-breeding among the gentry and Royal houses of Europe.

Also, didn't Jerry Lee Lewis marry his 16 year old cousin?

 

[D_Tim McGnaw]

Well said, although i don't find it utterly revolting. Its a subject which seems to show a real difference of opinion.

Well to be clear, I mean that the idea of engaging in incest myself is disgusting, and that's probably the source of my feelings of revulsion. I don't necessarily find the idea of other people doing it disgusting, essentially I'm ambivalent about that because I'm not doing it, and it doesn't involve me in any way. My point is that I can't find a logical reason why my own revulsion at the thought of incest should be a justification for telling another consenting adult that they can't do what they want with another consenting adult. It's their lives, what logical right do I have to force them to respect my feelings about it?