Re: Insest Yuck!
Gil Hardwick (gil@landmark.iinet.net.au)
Fri, 19 May 1995 09:31:24 GMT
In article <3p9ovb$341@stud.Direct.CA>, Iboothby (iboothby@Direct.CA) writes:
> I'm reading the articles on insest taboos and I am failing to see the
>connection between insest and psychic powers ( Unless psychic powers
>happen to be a ressive gene that can be better preserved throough the
>power of insest.) As far as I know there have been a lot of taboo's in
>reguards to insest in most cultures, except in the royal or privlaged
>classes.
Hey, this is really fun this Internet thingy. All one person has to
do is post a single item raising a single query about one particular
family, mentioning in passing their supposed psychic powers, for
some jerk to actually go running off to check the literature!
HOOT!
> Any one who has studied history knows this leads to a
>lot of insanity and genetic weakness like hemophilia. I suppose there
>may be some good to inbreeding if you want to breed horses or dogs.
>But since humans aren't horses or dogs it would probably be a bad
>idea. Anyone who's owned a pure breed dog knows they're rife with
>problems. Besides it's just gross. Any one who has thought about
>doing it with their sibling needs some psychological help.
And reading about poor old Victoria and her far too inbred offspring
is where all this hysteria over what other people might be doing comes
from, doesn't it?
Maybe tells us something of the epistemology of the obsession, yes?
Yes, that's that's what it is all right! SICK SICK SICK!
FOR HEAVENS SAKE MAN! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
CONFESS YOUR SINS. GET HELP!
Oh *sob* dear dear me . . .
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