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ORIGINAL: BlackPhx

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ORIGINAL: OmegaG

If we want to stick to the scientific reasons why inbreeding is not wise then we should also expand our criteria to include non-relatives who also have the same genetic markers.  By going with this argument we are making a strong argument for government intervention with all procreations, which I am strongly opposed to.

Personally, there is a strong ick factor when I think about intimate relations with any of my relations, but I also can't condemn others-- especially in this day and age when they can have sex and take every precaution possible not to pro-create or they can be tested to find out what genetic markers they may pass on.

Please remember that China imposed a mandatory law that no family could have more than 2 children and enforced it sucessfully for many years. It has already happened and they are no longer considered a 3rd world country but instead a major player and have been for many decades. 

Many responsible people do have testing voluntarily for certain genetic markers such as Tay Sachs, Sickle Cell, etc. where they can afford it. This is something that I have no problem with and wish more people would do or could afford to do. At least then they are aware and can make choices based on knowledge not blind hope. The government in many states already sticks it's nose into our relationships, as far as legislating same sex marriages, partnership where it impacts insurance, children and inheritance and of course those lovely blood tests required before they will issue a marriage liscense. Moreover there is mandatory reporting and tracking where it comes to STD's and HIV, and they will contact all of your contacts in pursuit of eradicating an outbreak. They have in the past charged persons with HIV or AIDS with deliberately infecting others as attempted homicides and I suspect this will continue. Yes an episode of Law and Order covered this, but it was based on several actual cases within the Corrections System.

Every day the government sticks it's nose further and further into our private affairs and too often we stand there and watch the rights our forefathers fought for vanish without a whimper. Hell we have even voted them away in fear. George Orwell, Ursula LeGuin and other authors did not go nearly far enough in their predictions. Look around. Big Brother watches from Cameras everywhere (get caught in the intersection by a red light get a ticket in the mail), Carnivore scans our emails, our cars report on our speed, direction etc. if we get into an accident (most 2000+ year cars have a black box that can be read by the police and insurance companies), our browsers report our web habits, credit/debit cards collect spending habits, you name it and Big Brother can get the information about you faster than I can type this. They know what we read, our health, what we eat, dictate where we smoke, who we can and cannot marry and if you think that we really have much say about who we vote for..take a look at the past 2 "stolen" elections. I suspect that all too soon that scanner in Total Recall will be the next step in going into Government Building or taking an Airplane.

Big Brother is here, and has been in our bedrooms for many years..he's just been a much quieter observer, but that is no proof against him become a loud participant at any moment.

poenkitten (missing rights she had when she was 16 that have long since vanished into government hands)

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ORIGINAL: meticulousgirl

No thank you interbreeding can cause serious disorders in any offspring that is produced these days and studies do show that...it's just wrong in my eyes.

~meticulous~

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ORIGINAL: Samii

I agree they are 2 adults making there own beds, its not like father and child (under 18). I think we are all into incest rather we want to belebe it or not. I think the gov should stay out of there lives. you know the gov wont do that its just to easy!!