"ClarionOfJoy;c-17039999" wrote:
"JoAnne65;c-17039957" wrote:
Objecting to something is not the same thing as shaming someone off it, please don’t put words in my mouth. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and will have their own arguments. It does make me sad when people in real life are told they can’t love each other for some reason, won’t deny it, but this topic is about pixel characters, nobody gets hurt ;)
I know it's just a game, but oftentimes, one's own philosophy and way of life will reflect in their gameplay. I think though that it is natural for some people to feel repulsed by a relationship that they see as taboo and they shouldn't have to deny that for fear of coming off as heartless or not with the times. I see with the alternate lifestyles that people who push for acceptance of it have worked hard to reverse public opinion of it. I think it's good to some extent because I hated that people would use their revulsion of it to give themselves an excuse to hurt or kill other people with that lifestyle. But now it's getting to be too much! People who find it repulsive are being shamed into silence and I don't think that's good either. There should be balance, where both sides can express themselves without shaming each other.
PS - I hope you don't think I'm mad at you or hating on you. I always "like" or "awesome" your posts. I just tend to be centrist though and like balancing out the direction of a thread (if I have the time and inclination). I actually don't have a problem with alternate lifestyles, but 2nd cousins procreating increases the chance of defective traits getting passed on. I'm an RN so I'm thinking of all the risks for that and I've seen some really sad situations at the hospital, so it's a matter of practicality and not denial of a romance.
Lol, don’t worry, as it happens I’d just wholeheartedly awesomed you in another topic right before opening this topic, this really isn’t personal for me (though alledgedly my parents’ granddads were cousins :mrgreen: ; I wouldn’t be surprised that happened quite often back in the day when partners had to be found in the same region or even village). Like I said I initially felt bad about the cousin thing myself and my only motivation was genetics (the looks of my sims). Then I learned more about it and that’s when my opinion changed (I’d honestly always thought cousins had a really high chance of mentally ill children and that’s simply not the case, but I’ve said enough about that subject in my other posts and it’s not Sims related really). And I should add I also liked the storyline that presented itself, because my sims’ family objected to the love affair as well, it became a forbidden affair, with a secret, out of wedlock baby (I did need a next heir with the mixed genetics after all) and they avoided each other for years. In the end they married though because I do need that happy end for my sims at all times :blush:
