lookwhaticando Posted 7 March 2007 Author Posted 7 March 2007 Nah it doesn't actually prove anything, as LWICD (our resident stats expert) will be happy to tell you as well. I don't think there is a problem with incest as such, but inbreeding is different. See definitions below: Incest refers to socially taboo sexual activity between individuals who are considered to be too closely related to enter into marriage. In other words, it is a social and cultural term. Inbreeding, on the other hand, refers to procreation between individuals with varying degrees of genetic closeness only, regardless of their relative social positions. It is a scientific term rather than a social or cultural term. The odd case of inbreeding will not harm the gene pool. But laws have been in place to prevent this happening systematically, which WOULD harm the gene pool and leads to an increase in homozygosity. Inbred offsprings have a much higher chance of death before reaching the age of reproduction, leading to what biologists call inbreeding depression, a measurable decrease in fitness due to inbreeding among populations with deleterious recessives... Incidentally, when I was living in Italy, I remember hearing that Catholics need a dispensation from the Pope to be allowed to marry a cousin (don't think there is one to marry a sibling!). Inbreeding is dangerous for the population if allowed to continue without bound. The reason humans are so diverse and genetically robust, for the most part, is thanks to the fact that for the last couple of hundred years, we've been forced to procreate with others and not - essentially - ourselves. It seems that you're free to shag whoever you like in some countries, so long as you keep your bodily fluids at a safe distance. Fair play to the countries that have legalized it... they've taken liberalism further than the rest of their fellow nations. Obviously there's undoubtedly a stigma attached to such relationships, so it's probably not that common for brothers and sisters to hook up for the hell of it.
lookwhaticando Posted 7 March 2007 Author Posted 7 March 2007 Is he really small or is that rabbit really big? The rabbit is giant, the bloke is normal sized. There was an article about it on the BBC Website not long ago... I posted it somewhere in general chat around that time. A quick search might find it for you.
Daggers Posted 7 March 2007 Posted 7 March 2007 (Probably the first time the picture of a dawg has made me laugh that hard) ...and it's still making me laugh
cisono Posted 7 March 2007 Posted 7 March 2007 The rabbit is giant, the bloke is normal sized. There was an article about it on the BBC Website not long ago... I posted it somewhere in general chat around that time. A quick search might find it for you. I remember you posting that
lcfc_jme Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 Incest = disgusting. Fact. Legalising it is madness.
Lukeh Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 I dont condone this ok, the thought of it makes me sick, but in this case, they just want to have a family because they didnt when they were younger, they love each other and thats all that matters to be honest, im not for one to stop to people if they love each other, just make sure they dont come near me..
lookwhaticando Posted 8 March 2007 Author Posted 8 March 2007 I dont condone this ok, the thought of it makes me sick, but in this case, they just want to have a family because they didnt when they were younger, they love each other and thats all that matters to be honest, im not for one to stop to people if they love each other, just make sure they dont come near me.. lol Brilliant! :laugh:
Daggers Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 Incest = disgusting. Fact. Legalising it is madness. What? So you can be the only person on this forum that hasn't had sex with your Mum...now that's madness!
Master Fox Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 What? So you can be the only person on this forum that hasn't had sex with your Mum...now that's madness! He has sex with genetically mutated giant vegetables instead
the_bowman Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 Just... sooooo... wrong... (But if they do change the law, there'll be weddings galore in Coalville!!! ) Our favorite joke... hehheh
Smudge Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 If you live in Co-Ville and you don't have a sister, does that lead to homocestuality?
lookwhaticando Posted 8 March 2007 Author Posted 8 March 2007 If you live in Co-Ville and you don't have a sister, does that lead to homocestuality? Oh my word. You put a lot of thought into that pun, didn't you? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Kudos.
gatesheadfox Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 type in mackems on google and you'll see why incest is wrong
Daggers Posted 8 March 2007 Posted 8 March 2007 type in mackems on google and you'll see why incest is wrong I did - and baby, if doing these girls is wrong then I don't want to be right...I'm getting Dad to sign the adoption papers as I type
lookwhaticando Posted 10 March 2007 Author Posted 10 March 2007 What is that an illustration of... exactly? A bloke boning another bloke who's boning a dog?
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