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2017-03-28 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2017-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 The best way to limit the number of affected infants being born is to ~~forbid cousin marriage~~ practice contraception.

Generally the small community mix runs so deep beyond 'first cousins' that policy is not a preventative. 'Love' will not be denied, but it doesn't have to be productive.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-28 04:17|| 2017-03-28 04:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Love will not be denied...

In a culture that practices arranged marriages and punishes love matches, that point is immaterial, Skidmark.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-28 10:10|| 2017-03-28 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 To see what generations of cousin-cousin, uncle-niece etc. marriage will produce, see the Wikipedia article on Charles II of Spain.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-03-28 11:28|| 2017-03-28 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 You'd think they could have come up with a different acronym...

Posted by Raj 2017-03-28 12:37|| 2017-03-28 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Also look at the Pharos, specifically Tut Ank Amun.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2017-03-28 14:21|| 2017-03-28 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 There is a pre-existing disorder that causes the cousin marriages in the first place.

Posted by Ptah 2017-03-28 14:49|| 2017-03-28 14:49|| Front Page Top

#7 "I'm my own Granpa"

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-28 16:49|| 2017-03-28 16:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Leaving aside the genetic consequences of own-granpa-ness for the moment...

If you live in a clan-based society, marrying within the clan makes sense. You don't lose wealth from dowry payments and such to outside groups, and you don't get involved in someone else's feuds, vendettas and responsibilities by creating ties to another clan.

Sure, your kids end up retarded with extra limbs, but you can't optimize for everything.

Posted by SteveS 2017-03-28 20:35|| 2017-03-28 20:35|| Front Page Top

#9 plus, make sure them Anti-Mo Polio Immunizers are killed. If there's one thing in the Islamic History that's persistent, it's polio, cholera, and tuberculosis. Mo wanted it that way.

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-28 20:49|| 2017-03-28 20:49|| Front Page Top

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