In no particular order,
I know I have produced no evidence, I thought you had read The selfish Gene, and such books. Maybe you should.

I put Know in quotes, I know they don't have a brain. See above.

See above. I understood that proper scientists and medical people have done research which shows that having sex with a sibling can lead to higher risk of deformities.

As for bonobos they do have sex as a form of greeting and generally communicate by shagging. This is well known, and has been on BBC2 and channel 5.

Now, I'm off out. Stop being a thicky, it suits you not.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sat 11 Sep 2010, 10:38, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

OK - so it leads to a higher risk of deformities.
So what? Unless you think that we're obliged to have the healthiest possible children - in which case, just about all sex is wrong when IVF could be used to screen embryos - it's neither here nor there. Almost all children will lead a worthwhile life.

And, as I said before, the question here is in respect to sex, not procreation, so you're shifting the debate anyway.

As for the bonobos - yes: they have sex for all kinds of reasons. So do humans. I can't see why you think this important.

This isn't me being thick: it's just me refusing to give in to the yuck-reaction, which seems to be all you have.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 11 Sep 2010, 10:44, Reply)

is there anything wrong with just having that yuck reaction though?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 11 Sep 2010, 10:49, Reply)

No -
But that's because I don't think it has any moral value whatsoever; nor does it indicate anything that does. So when it comes to moral debates, if all you've got is the yuck reaction, you ain't got much.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 11 Sep 2010, 11:03, Reply)

it's taken me a while
having not really woken up properly yet, but now I see where you are coming from.

I'm not one for moral judgements, and can fully state my reaction to the news was entirely "ewww", but then that wouldn't be much different from my reaction to anyone shagging Bert.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 11 Sep 2010, 11:10, Reply)