Should the father/daughter incest couple be sterilized?

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  Posted by Stretch Tue Apr 8, 2008 8:30am PDT

  The daughter should receive extensive counseling and the father should be rendered sterile, as well as, serve time. After the birth of the child, the mother should be allowed supervised visits but the child should be placed in foster care or with members of the extended family not associated with the ranch.

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  Posted by Andygirl Tue Apr 8, 2008 9:55am PDT

  this is too horrifying for me to contemplate. how is the baby? healthy?

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  Posted by Erin Flaherty, Shine staff Tue Apr 8, 2008 10:08am PDT

  The report says the baby is healthy, but that their first child together died soon after birth due to a congenital disorder.

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  Posted by mike h Tue Apr 8, 2008 10:30am PDT

  this is sick they need help feel sorry for thechild

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  Posted by marian Tue Apr 8, 2008 11:02am PDT

  he needs to go to prison for the rest of his days she needs alot of counseling Shes more than likely a great mom just messed up because of the abuse with her father.

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  Posted by Tamara S Tue Apr 8, 2008 11:07am PDT

  I think that as disgusting as this is if these people are good to their daughter and havent hurt anyone their daughter shouldnt be taken away ! Dont get me wrong that is just plain NASTY but no actual damage has been done to their little girl .

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  Posted by Beth Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:18pm PDT

  I think they should not be allowed to have more children together because of the high risk of deformities and health problems. It's already going to be a trial for their daughter, mentally anyway. She will forever be known in the area as the incest kid. If they are good parents to the child then I think it's fine to keep her, as long as they are monitored to make sure the child's mental health is being taken care of. They are two consenting adults after all....I personally would not go for that kind of situation but hey whatever floats their boat.

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  Posted by JenniferA Tue Apr 8, 2008 2:15pm PDT

  Sterilization shouldn't be a second thought, do it. Not because this is the most disgusting thing I have read but because of the health of the children and the problems that could arise in the future.

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  Posted by Marie Tue Apr 8, 2008 3:08pm PDT

  I think this is sooo sick! I am disgusted just reading this story. Why would a father do this?? Because he is mentally ill!!!

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  Posted by Will Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:43pm PDT

  Wow...lots of one-sided comments here about how the man needs to be sterilized and imprisoned, while we should hold the woman's hand and grant her counseling. The daughter in this incestuous couple is 39 years old. Exactly how old does she have to be before we can stop calling her the victim for engaging in deviant sexual behavior?

  The bottom line is this: whatever happens should happen to both of them. If you want to cater to the woman's mental problems and offer her therapy and counseling, you would be a hypocrite to not cater to the man's mental problems and offer him therapy and counseling. If you imprison the man for willingly engaging in incest, you must imprison the woman for willingly engaging in incest.

  I also feel it is very presumptuous and downright sexist to assume that the man is at fault for the origins of this relationship. The only information given by this news article is that the father is 61 and the mother is 39. There are NUMEROUS scenarios in which this incestuous relationship could have developed, and not all of them include the father as the aggressor and the daughter as the victim. If this were an adult/child incestuous couple, that would be a fair assumption, but at 61 and 39 years old respectively, it's equally likely that the father could be suffering from Alzheimer's or another form of dementia while the daughter could be schizophrenic or a traumatized rape victim from a third party.

  Try to look at the situation from a fair, objective standpoint instead of immediately seeking to punish the man and run to the woman's aid, because your assumptions of who is the perpetrator and who is the victim are very likely wrong, since they're based entirely on assumption.

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