Incest

There was an article on BBC News a while ago, and just the other night on 60 Minutes, about a father and daughter involved in an incestuous relationship. Apparently the daughter decided to search out her biological father so that her children could have a grandfather. Upon locating him she discovered she had an attraction to him on an intimate level, and he reciprocated those feelings to her. Soon after they started a relationship as partners, rather than father and daughter.

First I just wanna say I'm completely against incest, and would never even consider it. I just want to discuss. Please don't have a nut at me saying I'm condoning it, because I'm not.

What I want to ask is why incest is wrong? Generally the reaction when you mention incest is "Ew gross" or something to that effect. Obviously this reaction has been built into us by society (and the law), but my question is why has society labeled it as wrong in the first place? And just to clarify, we're talking incest where it has been two equal (and obviously related) adults. Neither one has been forced or manipulated into it, both have consented. They are also using contraception (so no genetically defective children).

Can anyone give a reason why it is so unacceptable other than "Because it is" or "Because it's gross"?

Assume the following situation: A couple have two children (a boy and a girl) within the space of two years and adopt them both out. 25 years later the children meet each other at university, oblivious to the fact that they are biologically related, and quickly take a liking to each other. Just a few months later they enter into a relationship, and are having sex regularly. A few months after that they are deeply in love, and have just become engaged.
Now, imagine one of them somehow discovers that they are siblings, and tells the other. They are both horrified, but are so in love that it's hard for them to just say "It's over".
Would it be wrong for them to continue their relationship? What would you do in their situation? I honestly have no idea what I'd do. I'm sure this actually happened to some twins somewhere, in a similar sort of way. Can't remember the exact details, but I think they ended up living together anyway, despite being banned from having sex (though they probably would have anyway).

Anyway, I think that's enough questioning for now. I have an appointment with Paris Hilton to get to.

90 Day Jane

Have any of you been to this site?

http://suicide.movielol.org/jane.html

It's actually the stupidest thing I've ever seen. A 90 day countdown to a suicide, which then turns out to be some "art project". It's actually disgusting. There's nothing arty about suicide - it's the most horrible thing a person could do, and all this blog does is encourage those who are already suicidal.
What the hell was the point in it? Supposedly so she could discover the darkness within her... What for? Darkness is dark - there's nothing good about it, that's the point. I could understand doing an "art project" like this if it was in your diary or something, but on Blogspot? One of the most popular blogging sites there is? It's absolutely ridiculous. Did she even stop to think about how many impressionable minds there are out there? Great for her if it leads her to whatever it was she wanted to discover, but what if it pushes someone over the edge? What if someone thinks "Hey, life is crap, maybe I'll commit suicide on the 90th day too"?
I enjoy a bit of arty stuff - I won't deny it, but you can't artify such a sensitive subject without first thinking of the consequences. Chances are a blog like that would have done more damage than good.
I don't have much more to say... Screw you to "90DayJane".

Teh_Mind

A hypnotist came into school the other day during our Health period to tell us what hypnotism is, and how it can be used to treat diseases/conditions. I used to be skeptical of hypnotism, perhaps because of some underlying belief that it was "of the devil", but I've realised that there's absolutely nothing spooky about it. It's just harnessing the natural power of the mind (which we all possess) to treat things (or entertain people, in some cases). Yes, it does take away many of your inhibitions (as I learnt at Tim Mitchell's B'day party), but in the end you will still only do things you want to, or will allow.

Anyway, what I have been thinking about lately because of this hypnotist is just how powerful our mind is. It has the power to do so many things. Just think of the placebo effect as an example - Give a sick person a pill and tell them it's a powerful healing agent, when it's actually just a sugar pill, and they seem to get well sooner. Don't argue with it - it's proven. Sugar pills disguised as medicinal pills often have similar success rates as the actual pills.
Another thing that I think can be boiled down to the power of the mind is prayer. Despite not believing in God, I do believe in the power of prayer or, at least, prayer for yourself. I've seen research that supposedly shows that church-goers are generally happier and healthier, and I think this can be explained by something they do every day - pray. I think it creates a sort-of hope - like nothing can go wrong, and if it does it will get better soon - which causes the body to follow. It's like "Hey, if the big boss says nothing can go wrong, we'd better make damn sure nothing does", leading to a generally healthier person. I know this might cause some argument, but hey, if I don't believe in God I have to explain prayer somehow, right?

Sometimes I do wonder whether we possess the power to influence things outside of our own body. Have you guys ever thought of something, or read something, only to have it pop up in conversation soon after? Have you ever had the feeling that something that happened was just too coincidental? I'll give you an example from the other day: People had been round for Xbox earlier that day, and one of them had decided to leave my melon in my bed. I forgot all about it, so it stayed in there until I went to bed that night. Before I got in bed I put on an episode of Whose Line, and then as I jumped in to find the melon one of the scenes on Scenes from the Hat was "Strange things to find in bed".
Though now that I read that story it doesn't really say much about the power of the mind... Or at least not the power of MY mind. Still, it's an insane coincidence. I almost crapped my pants when it happened.
But anyway, I hope you guys have an idea of what I'm talking about. I guess people explain it different ways... Either with God, with coincidence, with some crazy connectivity between everyone, or something else.

And I don't really have much more to say... Just that I think we should all harness the power of our mind to become happier, healthier individuals. I'm sure I've said before that I think positive thought is something we should all be doing... Or maybe I even wrote a whole blog on it? I don't know...

Any thoughts?

And while we're here, here's a site you should all visit: www.catsinsinks.com
Credit goes to Heather for that one. Soooooo much credit, for it is a discovery that should be remembered for many years to come. More important than the discovery of gold, or Leona Lewis, or sticky photos... Actually maybe not those last two. Basically what I'm trying to say is, go to the site and witness something wonderful. True beauty is hard to come by these days, but that site holds all the true beauty one could want.

Pumpkin Master!!! (crazy psycho asian voice)

Korean Drum Master

Got this off Chris.

Watch the drummer...



Is that not the funniest thing you've seen in your entire life? That drummer is actually AMAZING! I want to like hire him to play drums to my life or something.

1337!

I'm feeling mega pro right now. I just owned some noobs hardcore. Rowan's got his mad SK skills back again. 90/10 the other day, 25/2 just then, and a total KDR of 3 with like 1000 kills! I am God!

And apart from that, the rain just made me so happy! I love rain. I wish it was still raining so I could go to bed with it. That's actually the best feeling in the world. Better than a good cup of tea... Actually, what am I saying?! Is there anything better than a good cup of tea? The answer is yes - having a cup of tea whilst having sex and being on P (which we discussed at school today).

Oh my god.. I had something I wanted to write. It was actually deep, but now I can't remember. This makes me wanna rip all my skin off. And now suddenly I feel tired. Which reminds me, I'm on Isotane (acne pill things) now. It's intense, but really annoying. I'm pretty sure it makes me more tired, depressed and dries my skin. But it's a necessity if I want clear skin. It's worth all the drug-induced depression in the world just to look beautiful! (note sarcasm)

And I'm actually too tired to think straight... Which doesn't mean I should go to bed, because bed doesn't fix tiredness - CounterStrike does. So I'm off to play. I'll leave this blog as pointless as it is. It was really just a filler cause Kate said she wanted me to write one. There'll be a better one when I actually have a topic.