Tim was going to ask this the other day (he's just had an exam for criminal law) but forgot so I have decided to do it for him.
1) Do you think (consensual) incest should be illegal? Please give your reason.
2) What about necrophilia?
1) Do you think (consensual) incest should be illegal? Please give your reason.
2) What about necrophilia?
Incest may be disgusting, but so are a lot of other entirely legal things; you can't legislate morality, though you can certainly legislate resentment and force those you brand "deviants" underground, which often means association with violent criminals, even participation in their nefarious activities.
Necrophilia is a whole other matter, because it's desecration of a corpse who has no say in the matter, which is offensive to the surviving family regardless of how one thinks it impacts the dead. There's a strong argument, however, that there IS an impact on the dead; one horrid little quote on bash.org claims, "it's not rape if she's dead, " but if someone's incapable of giving or withdrawing consent, by most legal standards it IS rape.
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Some legal questions.
12/01/2011 06:16:23 PM
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Yes to both
12/01/2011 06:31:14 PM
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No and depends
12/01/2011 06:44:02 PM
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Re: No and depends
12/01/2011 07:01:35 PM
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Re: No and depends
13/01/2011 10:08:15 AM
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No and yes, because of the issue of consent.
12/01/2011 07:11:31 PM
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Only people can provide consent. Corpses are not people, just rotting meat. *NM*
12/01/2011 08:40:02 PM
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I suppose that's fair, but I wouldn't try selling it to the family.
12/01/2011 08:56:30 PM
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You're confusing two separate issues.
12/01/2011 09:01:55 PM
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I think the trauma to the familys could (and probably should) be considered criminal as well.
12/01/2011 09:07:57 PM
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How? Why?
12/01/2011 09:40:32 PM
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I thought the rights of next to kin were pretty generally recognized.
13/01/2011 09:54:39 PM
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And I certainly don't think consensual incest should brand someone a sexual predator for life.
12/01/2011 07:20:32 PM
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Some personal opinions in the form of answers.
12/01/2011 08:37:25 PM
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Re: Some personal opinions in the form of answers.
12/01/2011 11:01:50 PM
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no to both
12/01/2011 09:43:28 PM
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I'm afraid I'm struggling to see what your actual argument is.
12/01/2011 11:14:29 PM
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My argument is that society has the right to say some things are just wrong
13/01/2011 12:12:01 AM
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