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DemForEvar

(25 posts) Sat Mar 18, 2017, 02:03 PM Mar 2017

What do you guys think about this?

I'm not sure what to think about this. Consensual sex between two adults but...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10958728/Australian-judge-says-incest-may-no-longer-be-a-taboo.html

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What do you guys think about this? (Original Post) DemForEvar Mar 2017 OP

Consensual sex between two adults is none of my business Major Nikon Mar 2017 #1

Got it DemForEvar Mar 2017 #2

I think human beings are hard-wired to find it revolting, for obvious evolutionary reasons. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #3

Major Nikon

(36,911 posts)

1. Consensual sex between two adults is none of my business

Reply to DemForEvar (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 02:17 PM

Mar 2017

DemForEvar

(25 posts)

2. Got it

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 02:23 PM

Mar 2017

Point well taken

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

3. I think human beings are hard-wired to find it revolting, for obvious evolutionary reasons.

Reply to DemForEvar (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 04:22 PM

Mar 2017

So I doubt there's any danger of it taking off as a "trend".

If two people are consenting adults and they're not having kids.... who exactly is served by putting them in jail.

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