There is a Dutch writer called 'Tonke Dragt', she writes childrens books, but of a near literary quality and she approaches her audience in a very mature way. I never read the sequel to a book of her I read when I was about 12, so I read it a year or two ago. It doesn't matter very much as her books remain very good even when you're long past the target age.-CARNIFEX-[LOC] wrote:
However, just for the sake of the gene pool, you probably shouldn't go much further than attraction...
In any case, the antagonist of the sequel (a different guy than in the previous book) ends up banging his little sister, and they lived happily ever after. Evidently at first I found the "happy end" somewhat typical, especially considering the target audience. Genetical degeneration wasn't an issue though as it was set in a future were such defect could be easily overcome and people were only allowed to get pregnant with governmental permission and supervission.
It got me thinking though, what if the genetical quality arguments falls down, what if the traditional cultural boundaries opposed upon us by contemporary society would fall down or alter? Do the latter even matter at all? What do I think of cousin+cousine (note I've resorted to the French habbit of adding an e for a female, for clairity's sake) marriages (not even brother+sister)? To be honest, I concluded I don't know the answer to that final question. Which in turn probably means if I had a cousine of suitable age, character and appearance, I probably would not held back (though I would think twice, no thrice, about having children) if I fell in love with her. The question of course remains: "could I fall in love with her?". And again,.. I don't know.
