[UA] TABOO

[mrteapot]

> Actually, incest is the closest we come to a universal
> taboo; in other  words, nearly every culture known to
> Western science considers incest a  serious no-no.  

The interesting thing, though, is that who exactly qualifies
for incest varies from culture to culture, and bears little
relationship to actual genetic relationship.  In some
cultures, for example, your mother's sister may not be
considered your relative, and therefore the incest taboo
wouldn't apply, though it would in another (like ours).  

Mr. Teapot
doesn't recall much else from his single anthropolgy class
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