RE: Mother and son in New Mexico face jail time for incestuous relationship
August 11, 2016 at 12:23 pm
(August 11, 2016 at 7:43 am)abaris Wrote: Punishments in the US are the most draconic I know of in any western country apart from Singapore. I remember reading a story about a year ago, about a couple having sex on the beach. I didn't follow up what came of it, but back then they were indicted with sexual assault and faced a possible 20 years stretch in prison. In Europe you're sent anway with a slap on your wrist and a 100 Euro fine. Or being branded a sexual offender for taking a piss in the streets. Really?
It's institutional puritanism. For all the discussion of personal freedom being paramount in America, that means "the freedom to do what I, the community, and god want you to do" rather than the freedom to do what you want to do.
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