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mickrock · 08-12-2011 08:29PM

Dudess wrote: »

He means only adults - should go without saying.

He/she should have said that in the first place though.

flutterflye · 08-12-2011 08:35PM

later10 wrote: »

That's far from being established in scientific fact,although admittedly there are potential hazards.

But we don't stop carriers of Cystic Fibrosis genes from 'breeding' in case they copulate with other carriers, so I don't see why it ought to be different with other heterozygous allele holders.

That's an interesting point re cystic fibrosis, and other such disorders.
Maybe they should be stopped from breeding too, because it isn't too dissimilar to incest in regards to gene deformities.

But there again where does it stop? Where is the line drawn on what constitutes a ban on procreation.
Hmmm...
Interesting though.

I'm not saying I believe this btw - I have just thought of it now for the first time, so can't really have an opinion on it either way yet.

mickrock · 08-12-2011 08:42PM

later10 wrote: »

The interpretation you refer to is not the actual meaning of incest.

My interpretation is that it's sex between close family members, which may or may not involve children?

Is that yours?

later12 · 08-12-2011 09:00PM

mickrock wrote: »

My interpretation is that it's sex between close family members, which may or may not involve children?

Is that yours?

No more than my understanding of sex is that it may or may not include children.

There's no reason to assume that when someone mentions sex, they mean sex with children. It's the same for incest.

I hope that clears it up.

Mike 1972 · 08-12-2011 09:07PM

Ireland 's corporation tax rate could be raised by two or three percentage points without the sky falling in and would go a long way towards addressing the defecit.

In fact there should ideally be (shock horror) a harmonised rate across the EU but with the possibility for peripheral and/or less developed regions/countries to be allowed to make the case for some flexibility to set a slightly lower rate reviewed every six years or so.

Maedbhish · 08-12-2011 09:18PM

iPads are pointless! The only people who seem to disagree are the owners. :P

later12 · 08-12-2011 09:38PM

Maedbhish wrote: »

iPads are pointless! The only people who seem to disagree are the owners. :P

I almost bought one last year. I was in the Compu B store about to tell the sales assistant I wanted one, when I realised I'd almost been duped into buying an enormous ipod touch.

A lucky escape.

James T Kirk · 10-12-2011 03:40AM

Status Quo will be remembered by future musicologists as the "best" band of the 20th century.

And rightly so.

Oranage2 · 10-12-2011 03:50AM

Kanye west makes good music.

Joekers · 10-12-2011 04:04AM

giant_midget wrote: »

Peep Show is more funny than In-Betweeners

Never heard of the In-Betweeners, however The Inbetweeners is ****ing hilarious...... Fact

James T Kirk · 10-12-2011 06:43AM

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

BeefyS · 10-12-2011 06:51AM

the inbetweeners is overrated

karaokeman · 10-12-2011 10:42AM

Boards is gone kinda boring:(

lil'bug · 10-12-2011 11:56AM

i have no preference between tea and coffee i like them both

Boulevardier · 10-12-2011 11:59AM

Obladi-oblada is the greatest Beatles song ever!

Lustrum · 10-12-2011 12:02PM

The Langers of Cork are the most introverted people in the country and plenty of them have never been further north than Glanmire

(unpopular because I live down here!)

ToddyDoody · 10-12-2011 12:14PM

One unpopular opinion someone i know has concerns statutory rape. He doesnt believe you can take the power of mature consent away from all people under 17/18 as some people are mature enough at 14 maturely consent i.e. There cant be automatic punishment if a 20 year old has sex with a 14 year old. This opinion, when expressed on a message board, was not seconded and doubts about the opinion holders good character were raised as it was thrashed out. There *may* be something to it, but i'd more listen to rather than support this opinion.

Raekwon · 10-12-2011 12:34PM

*Polish women are totally overrated. They are very similar looking to Irish women just with much fitter bodies.

*Being Eastern European does not automatically mean being Polish, even though most people are lazy and pigeon hole every EE as being from Poland. When you see a stunning looking Eastern European girl they are usually either Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Estonian etc and not Polish

ThinkAboutIt · 10-12-2011 12:36PM

Will Euro WILL NOT collapse. NOTHING will change and life will carry on as normal.

I wish to fcuk everyone would shut about it, they obviously have nothing else to talk about in their sad empty lives.

Mike 1972 · 10-12-2011 01:07PM

While the quality of Irish education is (contrary to popular misconception) generally pretty poor and radical reforms are decades overdue, the points system is actually a pretty equitable way to allocate third level places and the introduction of continous assesment for the leaving cert would create far more problems than it would solve.

Paulor94 · 10-12-2011 01:40PM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

While the quality of Irish education is (contrary to popular misconception) generally pretty poor and radical reforms are decades overdue, the points system is actually a pretty equitable way to allocate third level places and the introduction of continous assesment for the leaving cert would create far more problems than it would solve.

I agree with the system being pretty poor but speaking as a student i would love nothing more than continous assesment it's not fair tht they expect us to do all of our tests in 3 weeks. It's unfair and could you tell me how it would create more problems than solve?

Mike 1972 · 10-12-2011 02:49PM

Paulor94 wrote: »

could you tell me how it would create more problems than solve?

Various reasons among them being having some/all of one work assessed by teachers rather than anonymously by independent outsiders with no ties to ones own school being wide open to all manner of bias and downright abuses.

Experience with GCSE coursework in the UK pretty much bears this out.

Niall558 · 10-12-2011 02:53PM

Fear Uladh wrote: »

I also think it should be mandatory that children get the school buses instead of the "yummy" mummy brigade causing gridlock in their badly parked/badly driven 4x4 mobiles. :mad:

Reminds me of this :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HLfuhmXoI

emeraldstar · 10-12-2011 03:09PM

lil'bug wrote: »

i have no preference between tea and coffee i like them both

Howzat unpopular?

Celly Smunt · 10-12-2011 03:16PM

I prefer a good SG to Les Paul.
But I prefer Fender to Gibson,go figure.

Chuck Stone · 10-12-2011 03:18PM

Lustrum wrote: »

The Langers of Cork are the most introverted people in the country and plenty of them have never been further north than Glanmire

(unpopular because I live down here!)

There is a lot of that going on in Cork. Even on this forum someone compared Cork (favourably) with cities like Paris, London and Berlin, sweet mother of delusion so embarrassing.

stupidusername · 10-12-2011 03:20PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

I prefer a good SG to Les Paul.
But I prefer Fender to Gibson,go figure.

freak

:pac:

Mike 1972 · 10-12-2011 03:27PM

While public transport can offer benefits over private vehicles in terms of congestion, pollution and conservation these benefits are widely overstated -particularly in the case of busses.

St.Spodo · 10-12-2011 03:41PM

Anyone who takes out an acoustic guitar at a house party is a bóllox. Absolutely no-one wants to hear you bring down the atmosphere with your rendition of Tracy Chapman's ''Fast Car''.

Chuck Stone · 10-12-2011 04:45PM

Steak is totally over rated.

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