I am weirded out because I am not immune to social prejudices. This does not mean that I act on my arbitrary and hateful gut reactions. I feel it is gross, but I know it is right. I support them, even if I would never do this myself.
Brad argued that the marriage was immoral because the grandma would die early. My point countered that nicely, I fail to understand why I am a smartass who failed to make a point. Perhaps you could elaborate??
Also, maybe you also care to elaborate on your position. Currently I interpret your departing line as "I think it's wrong but I don't want to state why because I can't."
My point is you're weirded out like all of us because of this society's morals. Though you're accepting of it, that doesn't truly sound like you're open-minded about it. I think if you really were, society's views on incest would have no affect on you at all. Even if you were raised to believe it's wrong, if you really had no problem with it, you'd break away from what you were taught (hypothetically speaking) and not be weirded out or disgusted at all
Also, statistics say the American life expectancy is around 77 years. You're telling me her age isn't a problem when it comes to her being a mom? Saying tomorrow isn't guaranteed IS being a smartass. Sure, accidents happen everyday, and there are plenty of ways out there a person can die, but be realistic, her days are much more limited than say, yours or mine. If you don't see my point or still can't see why I called you a smartass, that's really your problem. I don't see how someone could make it more clear
Anyway, she likely won't be around much longer, and if she passes before the child is 18, which I expect to happen, I'll feel sorry for the kid that loses their mom at such an early age.
As for being against incest - there are billions of people on this planet and they just have to settle down with a relative? I guess you really can't help who you fall in love with, but I find it disgusting and it's something I would never do. I couldn't even imagine myself liking a relative. Even if I had just met them and they were attractive by typical standards, I'm sure I'd never fall for them because I find it morally wrong. And yes, I did say "I disagree but not for the reasons the other posters are," but I wasn't thinking when I said that and figured you meant they were all hopping the bandwagon and disagreeing for the hell of it, which I know now is totally off o_o So I'm sorry about that remark, it was completely stupid
Also, I agree with Kazuni. You're treating the teasing like it's nothing, but not only will it affect the child during their elementary years, but during their middle school and high school years as well. Kids are kids, no matter what age, and they're cruel and I'll even go so far as to say mildly sadistic. The poor kid will receive countless insults over the years which will degrade their self-esteem an incredible amount. The only way I know how to fix that is to homeschool the child, but even then, since this story has gained national attention, I'm sure the couple is receiving negative feedback from their community. How will the child be protected from that? They can't keep him locked in the house forever, he'll be exposed to the community's insults sooner or later. I feel the degradation of his self-esteem is inevitable, really, and more often than not, what you experience as a child defines who you are as an adult. After reading all this, can you tell me what good will come of this relationship? Assurance and love from the parents (one of which probably won't be around for long) only goes so far. I'm sure the criticism the child will receive will overwhelm any kind of assurance or comfort the parent(s) will have to offer.
Anyone who makes fun of the kid past elementary is an asshole, and any kid in elementary school probably doesn't even understand the concept of incest or sexual attraction.
Perhaps I was just privileged to go to school with peers who weren't assholes.
Assholes are everywhere. Elementary, middle school, high school, even further than that. You're damn lucky your peers weren't assholes. Having been teased since elementary all the way to junior year in high school, I personally know how cruel kids can be. And when it comes to something that's viewed as morally wrong to most people, imagine what that child will go through
btw I didn't call you out on anything because you don't disapprove incest, but because you contradicted yourself and in my opinion you use the "open-minded" bit to try and hold up an argument when I don't feel you really are open-minded about the whole thing
Not gonna post again because I'm pretty sure you'll "counter" with more poor points