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No and yes, because of the issue of consent. Joel Send a noteboard - 12/01/2011 07:11:31 PM
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?

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 675 Views
Yes to both - 12/01/2011 06:31:14 PM 434 Views
Incest isn't necessarily about children. - 12/01/2011 06:33:20 PM 413 Views
Re: Incest isn't necessarily about children. - 12/01/2011 06:57:10 PM 395 Views
Who brought children into it? - 12/01/2011 11:04:12 PM 384 Views
No and depends - 12/01/2011 06:44:02 PM 422 Views
Re: No and depends - 12/01/2011 07:01:35 PM 377 Views
Re: No and depends - 13/01/2011 10:08:15 AM 380 Views
Re: No and depends - 13/01/2011 01:47:54 PM 375 Views
Re: No and depends - 13/01/2011 03:01:42 PM 338 Views
No and yes, because of the issue of consent. - 12/01/2011 07:11:31 PM 363 Views
Only people can provide consent. Corpses are not people, just rotting meat. *NM* - 12/01/2011 08:40:02 PM 160 Views
I suppose that's fair, but I wouldn't try selling it to the family. - 12/01/2011 08:56:30 PM 383 Views
You're confusing two separate issues. - 12/01/2011 09:01:55 PM 386 Views
I think the trauma to the familys could (and probably should) be considered criminal as well. - 12/01/2011 09:07:57 PM 353 Views
How? Why? - 12/01/2011 09:40:32 PM 388 Views
Some personal opinions in the form of answers. - 12/01/2011 08:37:25 PM 407 Views
Re: Some personal opinions in the form of answers. - 12/01/2011 11:01:50 PM 365 Views
Of course a corpse is property. - 13/01/2011 05:27:34 AM 387 Views
Apparently it isn't, at least in California. - 13/01/2011 09:35:29 AM 440 Views
Strangely - 13/01/2011 07:13:17 PM 318 Views
consensual necrophilia? - 12/01/2011 09:40:44 PM 378 Views
Re: consensual necrophilia? - 12/01/2011 09:43:40 PM 353 Views
no to both - 12/01/2011 09:43:28 PM 376 Views
I'm afraid I'm struggling to see what your actual argument is. - 12/01/2011 11:14:29 PM 373 Views
My argument is that society has the right to say some things are just wrong - 13/01/2011 12:12:01 AM 363 Views
Hm? - 12/01/2011 11:07:19 PM 382 Views
Well said (on both) *NM* - 12/01/2011 11:22:08 PM 167 Views
Interesting... - 13/01/2011 12:16:50 AM 370 Views
yes to both *NM* - 13/01/2011 06:21:39 AM 145 Views
Re: Some legal questions. - 13/01/2011 08:33:18 AM 379 Views
Re: Some legal questions. - 13/01/2011 07:06:04 PM 382 Views
hhmmmm - 14/01/2011 03:55:38 AM 355 Views

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