[UA] Re: TABOO

[Paul Wrider]

 Taboos are interesting things, in that they (usually) spring from important rules, but then stick around even when they don't apply anymore, for example:
masturbation, homosexuality, etc. are bad because they keep you from producing more healthy people that can continue our way of life.  
What's interesting about  canibalism and incest is that the reasons not to do them are still valid - eating your own species means you probably murdered them, and even if you didn't doing it can give you weird diseases like BSD and the like (biologically we're not built to consume our own)).  Incest in close family members, especially in multiple generations can cause huge genetic abberations.  Just look at the levels of hemophilia amongst the royalty compared with the common folk.
So please, I beg of you all - if you must have sex with your family, have safer sex with your family.  It will make the summer picnics much less tense.
-Wrider
PS:  UA link - would Pornomancy with a family member increase the power level?  It seems like what you're giving up (no pun intended) is  even more important.
  Robin Pfeifer <robinpfeifer at web.de> wrote: 
Saul wrote:

"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."

'Nearly' because of ancient Egypt I presume, where marrying your sister was
ok and even expected as long as you were the pharao.

Any other examples?

BTW, cannibalism doesn't have any icky association with me either. Still,
the phrase 'they taste like biscuits' from a King short story stuck... I'd
reall like to know.

I personally would like to join 'Körperwelten' (body worlds) after death - a
travelling exhibit show where plastinated corpses are arranged in various
poses and states of - well, undress, and I don't mean clothes. For those who
don't know it a google search with the above German term will probably yield
pictures, too. But be warned, not for the faint of heart if you don't want
to see people's insides skillfully arranged.

Robin


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