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It will be decided on by rank. Cousin sex ok if you both hold a hereditary title of Baron/Baronette or above.

TheOtherHobbes 8mo ago
Strange how often the upper classes need to feel reassured the peasants are even more immoral than they are.
benj111 8mo ago
It's a reference to the tendency of Muslims to marry cousins. Where I'm guessing it will simultaneously be decided that it would be racist to target them/ good Muslims never watch porn/ carry on ignoring the problem to the point where most people aren't aware. I only know about it because an ex was a medical professional
- amiga386 8mo ago
  Islam does not tell you to do this. It's the cultural practises of specific kinship networks in the UK, especially from Mirpur. And the practise is also currently on the decline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguineous_marriage_and_genetic_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguine... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_kinship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_... The irony is, of course, that this law is being proposed while the NHS has been advised (by a quango, not the government) to stop discouraging cousin-marriage: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-marriages-nhs-advice-6c2j6sbmz https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-... -- the NHS is not required to accept this advice, and indeed the links above show that cosanguinity is decreasing, partly because of public health initiatives telling people what the harms are!
  - benj111 8mo ago
    As I said, a tendency, not an instruction.
Hizonner 8mo ago
Baronet: a sort of lesser baron. Baroness: a female of rank equivalent to a baron. Baronette: what the fuck?
- jimnotgym 8mo ago
  Thank you, that substantially adds to the discussion. It is that in particular that is the WTF, not the idea of hereditary titles themselves, nor their penchant for intermarriage. If only there was a way of correcting people that wasn't so rude.
  - JCattheATM 8mo ago
    That user has a history of being that rude.

Strange how often the upper classes need to feel reassured the peasants are even more immoral than they are.

It's a reference to the tendency of Muslims to marry cousins. Where I'm guessing it will simultaneously be decided that it would be racist to target them/ good Muslims never watch porn/ carry on ignoring the problem to the point where most people aren't aware. I only know about it because an ex was a medical professional

amiga386 8mo ago
Islam does not tell you to do this. It's the cultural practises of specific kinship networks in the UK, especially from Mirpur. And the practise is also currently on the decline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguineous_marriage_and_genetic_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguine... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_kinship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_... The irony is, of course, that this law is being proposed while the NHS has been advised (by a quango, not the government) to stop discouraging cousin-marriage: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-marriages-nhs-advice-6c2j6sbmz https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-... -- the NHS is not required to accept this advice, and indeed the links above show that cosanguinity is decreasing, partly because of public health initiatives telling people what the harms are!
- benj111 8mo ago
  As I said, a tendency, not an instruction.

Hizonner 8mo ago

Baronet: a sort of lesser baron. Baroness: a female of rank equivalent to a baron. Baronette: what the fuck?

jimnotgym 8mo ago
Thank you, that substantially adds to the discussion. It is that in particular that is the WTF, not the idea of hereditary titles themselves, nor their penchant for intermarriage. If only there was a way of correcting people that wasn't so rude.
- JCattheATM 8mo ago
  That user has a history of being that rude.