[lbo-talk] lbo-talk] Re: light of my life, maybe not the fire of my loins

[ravi]

snit snat wrote:
>>(a) various cultures do accomodate/permit or encourage marriage between
>>cousins. i am not much moved by arguments that you may break-up the
>>family if you end up getting divorced. i suspect such an argument is
>>frivolous, but if not, i can offer counter-arguments.
> 
> 
> well, hoping you'd read the whole thing. my bad, should have summarized 
> another part. saletan pointed out that your concerns--about genetic 
> problems--are unwarranted. and, if we really are concerned, the logic would 
> carry over to, say, preventing fertile women over forty from hanky panky 
> with a man since they'd have a similar chance (perhaps higher) of producing 
> a child with a so called 'problem.' same goes for other groups.
> 

true, true. i too have come across material on recent research data that
shows invalid the old justification of the cousin taboo based on the
potential for genetic problems. these are not, in fact, my concerns. in
my message, i said "what is your problem with incest, apart from
biological issues" not because i think "biological issues" are valid,
but because i wanted to avoid a segue into that debate.

	--ravi