Marriages between close relatives are seldom a good idea. If such a custom is maintained over a long period of time, the results can be undesirable in the extreme.
I wonder how our spineless, Islam-pandering government will defend this one. In fact, the bill has already faced opposition in parliament by an MP, who, wait for it…is a Muslim! And not only a Muslim, but also the MP for Dewsbury and Batley, probably one of the most Muslim areas of the country.
Unfortunately, even if such a bill is passed, it won’t make much difference. The rule of law is so weak in this country (particularly for non-natives) that they’ll still do it and get away with it.
This reminds me of a cartoon in an adult magazine many years ago. Hillbilly woman speaking to her hillbilly husband by a ramshackle cabin way back in the holler. she says, "If we gets us a divorce, will ah still be yer sister?"
There's a lot of jokes like this. I suppose "Hillbilly" suggests the Appalachian region, but the only states in which incest is not a criminal offense are Rhode Island and New Jersey.
Though Charles II of Spain ranks as the most disastrous result of European dynastic inbreeding, it's a little odd that his full sister, Margaret Theresa, who would marry Leopold I and became Holy Roman Empress (still keeping it in the family...) was fairly healthy (taking account of the Seventeenth Century's environment)
I wonder how our spineless, Islam-pandering government will defend this one. In fact, the bill has already faced opposition in parliament by an MP, who, wait for it…is a Muslim! And not only a Muslim, but also the MP for Dewsbury and Batley, probably one of the most Muslim areas of the country.
Unfortunately, even if such a bill is passed, it won’t make much difference. The rule of law is so weak in this country (particularly for non-natives) that they’ll still do it and get away with it.
When interviewed about the problem of producing defective children, I remember a Pakistani woman shrugging and saying, 'It's God's will'.
And right there is the problem...
This reminds me of a cartoon in an adult magazine many years ago. Hillbilly woman speaking to her hillbilly husband by a ramshackle cabin way back in the holler. she says, "If we gets us a divorce, will ah still be yer sister?"
There's a lot of jokes like this. I suppose "Hillbilly" suggests the Appalachian region, but the only states in which incest is not a criminal offense are Rhode Island and New Jersey.
A timely piece of writing, Simon. Thank you. Why aren't the mainstream media putting this out more?
There is a tacit agreement not to mention openly why there is a wish to stop such marriages. It might look racist!
Next stop, beastialty.
so lets win England back for the Anglo Saxon by encouraging incest in the non Anglo Saxon tribes.
Though Charles II of Spain ranks as the most disastrous result of European dynastic inbreeding, it's a little odd that his full sister, Margaret Theresa, who would marry Leopold I and became Holy Roman Empress (still keeping it in the family...) was fairly healthy (taking account of the Seventeenth Century's environment)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Theresa_of_Spain
"...most famously with the son of Tsar Nicholas who died in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution"
He was shot.