I was disappointed to see someone new being insulted for raising a perfectly reasonable point.

This behaviour not only lowers the quality of this site, but as in this case stops people being able to have a free and open discussion about difficult issues.

No-one can win an argument if the topic isn't discussed and therefore taboos will remain swept under the carpet.

Men like me have benefited from open discussion about date rape, domestic violence, child abuse and incest. When we see the issue, we become allies of those who suffer, and will not be perpetrators through ignorance of the harm we can cause.

Incidentally, would an incest story be any less erotic as a simple boy/girl encounter? The waters are easily muddied and some people like to do this to cover their tracks as we have seen on other taboo subjects.

Just a thought.