There is nothing wrong with incestuous relationships

Thanks Con. Just to clarify something form the previous round, the reason I pointed to the Japanese Porn market was to show that incest is socially acceptable in cultures around the world. This includes other markets beside Japan as pointed out above. So my opponent rightfully calls his argument a strawman as by definition it is “exaggerating, misrepresenting, or just completely fabricating someone's argument, it's much easier to present your own position as being reasonable, but this kind of dishonesty serves to undermine honest rational debate.”(1) Additionally, pointing out inter species sex, train rape etc is a Red Herring fallacy as it has nothing to do with the debate. I think we needs to address something very important in this round which is a central feature of Con's argument. That is, incest does not equal pedophilia. The proposition of this debate stands within the definitions of a consensual relationship between people of the right age. If this was a debate about pedophilia we could bring up this argument, however as it stands it is a Red Herring fallacy and an appeal to emotion. In fact this line of reasoning (viz pedophilia argument) could be used to show any relationship is socially unacceptable as child abuse and or pedophilia could occur in any relationship. Or taking the argument even further using the debate definitions, we can show that incestuous relationships are far better than normal relationships as they do not produce children. No children means no child abuse and so these relationships are more socially acceptable. This argument I have given is completely irrational but it points out the flaws with Cons argument for child abuse and pedophilia. I believe this above rebuttal also ratifies the liberty argument as presented in my opening round argument to be logically valid. Interestingly on a side note, bestiality is legal in many places. However the persons who engage in these activities usually get charged with animal abuse, trespassing or something else.(2) Follow the reference 2 cited its a bizarre, but interesting story. You should check it out although it has nothing to do with the debate. With that out of the way let me move onto further rebuttals of the arguments. Please readers remember that child abuse and pedophilia are fallacious arguments against incestuous relationships. According to my opponent incest can lead to destruction of the family unit. If we accept this as true, then we have to look at other truths about non-incestuous relationships. The truth is that any relationship where the family member moves out of the house and into another house with their partner is also destructive to the family unit using the line of reasoning my opponent has put forward. As such we should stop any relationship at all that can lead to the breakup of the family unit (i.e. marrying or moving in with a spouse), “if we value the efficacy of the family unit as a positive impact in society, then we should see anything that unnecessarily jeopardizes it to be an unacceptable act. It is 'wrong'”. Regarding the incest argument my opponent has completely misunderstood my argument when he says “a trend towards fewer relationships being seen as incestuous, or wrong, does not indicate that 'There is nothing wrong with nicest' as per the debate resolution, it only indicates it is 'less wrong than before'”. I was in fact pointing out that these cousin relationships have only been prohibited in recent history and this is due partly to the influence of the church. Perhaps my opponent made the Freudian slip of “nicest” when referring to incest as he realizes that it is actually not unacceptable socially. With that I believe I have sufficiently defended my arguments and I hand the debate back to my opponent. (1) https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... (2) http://www.thestranger.com...