Should adult sibling incest be a crime?
Please explain why you feel the way you do.
Yes
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No
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No. It makes a lot of people (including me) uncomfortable to some extent. But comfort value alone is not a worthy reason to make something illegal. The only time I know of where incest was problematic for society at large was when royal families did it as an attempt to hoard their wealth. It is believed that the criminally insane or ludicrous actions and policies associated with certain royal lineages had to do with genetic disorders that were promoted by several generations practicing incest. In those cases, society as a whole suffered. But since the place where I live has never been a monarchy, something like that going down here is much less likely and such dynasties could be forced out of power more easily. Side: No
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The thing is though- Having sex does not guarantee a baby. Pregnancy via incest does not guarantee that the offspring will be abnormal. It only increases the chances. I'm not a fan of imposing laws on people just because the offspring they might have might be messed up. Depression is a highly heritable trait that has a strong negative effect on society as a whole due to its prevalence. We could probably do more good passing a law that would make it illegal for depressed people to have sex than siblings. I don't see anybody calling for that approach though. Side: Yes
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First of all, this argument is in no way about homosexuality, so bringing it up here is extremely illogical, a clear distractor, and irrelevant. Second, you have yet to say why homosexuality shouldn't be seen as normal as ok. As such, a comparison between homosexuality and incest has no meaning because you have not set up the positives/negatives for either option. Side: Yes
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