http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260 It's been described (with more than a dollop of black humor) as "the activity the entire family can enjoy."  But, <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/incest">incest</a> is, in fact, one of mankind's <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanId=sa003&articleId=C7C87ECC-E7F2-99DF-39AEFF3D7D1A8CFB">strongest genetic social taboos</a>.  The law varies from one place to the next when it involves cousins.  But, when it comes to the closest relationships, it's a crime.  It's that way in en-us Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:23:12 EST Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:14:59 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#10 Why can't guys just learn to control themselves? Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:14:59 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#9 <i>Woody Allen is a dick for marrying his step daughter.</i><p> I was kind of surprised a few years back that <i>The Onion</i> didn't do one of his "headline-only" bits for him, along the lines of, "Woody and Soon-Yi Adopt Future Third Mrs. Allen". Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:48:18 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#8 <i>You mention incest laws are meant to protect "children against a broader class of persons who can exert a parental role."  Soon-Yi is not a child.</i><p> I don't think the issue is so much whether or not Soon-Yo is a child, but whether or not there Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:38:56 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#7 I agree, and I think I was trying clumsily to get across that it isn't so cut n dried.  Liek Woody and Soon Yi Previn.  This is his step daughter, Mia Farrow adopted her, there is no blood tie.  Woody and Soon Yi get hitched.  In Ohio t Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:26:36 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#6 The telling qualification of the step-father-daughter relationship, in the opinion, is this:<br> <blockquote>The opinion read that, had Lowe divorced his wife, the family bond would have been broken, but because he was still married to his stepdaughter's m Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:45:17 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#5 Your sister doesn't happen to be Anne Coulter, does she? Wed, 7 Mar 2007 01:34:46 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#4 It's interesting really. I experience the described total revulsion when even try to think about sex with sister. Think is almost too strong a word. I can't let it linger in my head that long. But when I hear other people talk about doing it with their sib Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:35:52 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#3 There's a little more to it though. As even the dissenting opinion noted, there is a need (at least as expressed by the law) to protect "children against a broader class of persons who can exert a parental role." In other words, we have other laws that pro Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:51:21 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#2 Incest is just plain icky.  But a step dad and step daughter don't have a genetic tie.  They have a familial tie, but "families" really vary in nature from unit to unit.  The risk to the family unit really can only be judged on a case by cas Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:16:34 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/1/175820/6260#1 I don't know what strange flaw exists in me that I feel compelled to tell this joke...but compelled I am so here goes...<p> A young man steps out of the bathroom with just a towel around his waist.  His sister, clad only in a robe playfully snatches t Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:06:19 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/