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David Epstein Incest Charges: Columbia Professor Charged With Sleeping With Daughter
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Posted on 12/10/2010 8:51:15 AM PST by mimi from mi

A Columbia political science professor has been charged with having a sexual relationship with his 24-year-old daughter, the Columbia Daily Spectator reports.

David Epstein, 46, was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree incest. Police told the Spectator that the relationship appeared consensual.

Epstein is currently on administrative leave.

According to the New York Daily News, Epstein and the woman had a three-year sexual relationship and often exchanged "twisted text messages."

The Spectator reports that Epstein is married to another Columbia political science professor, Sharyn O'Halloran, though a recent update to his Facebook page says he is single. The couple was featured in a 2008 Spectator article about professors who "bring love to work."

"Our complementary skills lead to a great partnership," O'Halloran told the Spectator.

One student described Epstein, who was teaching a class on game theory this semester, as a "very nice guy." Outside of his professorial duties, Epstein also blogged for this website, on topics ranging from torture to Sarah Palin.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/10/david-epstein-incest-char_n_794864.html?ir=New%20York


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To: hoosierham
But if the daughter was actually fathered by another man,i.e. is a step-daughter,then it may still be icky,but there is no inbreeding,so why bother with them?

If he is her biological father, but they were using contraceptives, then there would also be no inbreeding. Would that be OK?

41 posted on 12/10/2010 10:46:49 AM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: Iron Munro
"[I] say just as long as they are doing proper family planning (that is, various forms of birth-cont­rol) to make sure they do not produce an offspring, which would be high-risk for a myriad of genetic disorders, I see no crime.

And to be equally absurd...

"[I] say just as long as they are doing proper family STD planning (that is, various forms of birth-cont­rol fresh condom usage, monogamous relationship, STD testing ) to make sure they do not produce an offspring, which would be high-risk for a myriad of genetic disorders spread deadly diseases , I see no crime."

Oh wait, that is "wrong" to restrict homosexuals from random bathroom hookups.

42 posted on 12/10/2010 10:57:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: Iron Munro
And I've said it before, the sex positive agenda serves to end ALL moral judgements over ALL sexual pairings, regardless of sex, age, martial status, relation, number, or species of partner(s).
43 posted on 12/10/2010 10:58:52 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: mimi from mi

I’m pretty libertarian, but that’s just beyond wrong. Parents are supposed to protect their kids, not...damn.


44 posted on 12/10/2010 11:01:07 AM PST by Darren McCarty (Michigan's Supreme Court - Once again, it is best in the country.)
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To: 3niner

Adultery used to be considered bigamy; ergo illegal. i.e. cohabiting with someone other than your spouse.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/marriage


45 posted on 12/10/2010 11:03:29 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: corkoman
But I gotta think that if that was the case there would not be this fuss. Is that even incest?

Under the law, yes.

I say that (actually it could depend on the state) because California charged adults (male and female, the girl was older but male was prosecuted) not one month after the Lawrence v. Texas case (they were both adopted by the same family, he got her pregnant) and neither was related by blood.

46 posted on 12/10/2010 11:04:37 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: 3niner
I thought the possibility of inbreeding was the historical basis for such acts being illegal ,except of course there IS that incident in the Bible where the daughters get their father drunk so that he WOULD impregnate them!

Anyway,it is certainly "icky" and all,and I don't condone it,but I just wonder if maybe,just maybe, the resources of the State might be better spent on finding ,convicting, and KEEPING incarcerated the many violent offenders in the population.

But this does make another sensationalist story to distract people from the major destructive forces.

47 posted on 12/10/2010 11:13:22 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: mimi from mi

Sounds like a ‘Rat hero to me. Let’s see. How about “breaking down the false capitalist barriers to family intimacy erected by Republican zealots.” Sound about right ?

/sarcasm


48 posted on 12/10/2010 11:19:41 AM PST by jimt
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To: mimi from mi

I don’t see a problem here. After all, incest is prohibited in the same chapter as homosexuality. If one is okey-dokey, then the other should be, too. /s


49 posted on 12/10/2010 11:21:33 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

The big problem here is usually these relationships (?) if it can be called that start with years of conditioning and rarely wait until the child is 18 to begin.I’d lay money on it will come out later that Daddy started doing this many years ago and they were just caught.


50 posted on 12/10/2010 11:40:11 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: chris_bdba

Chances are you are correct.


51 posted on 12/10/2010 1:45:01 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: mimi from mi

disgusting.

Humans are becoming animals all over again


52 posted on 12/10/2010 3:39:07 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: GeronL

***Humans are becoming animals all over again***

Not necessarily: Animals protect their offspring.


53 posted on 12/10/2010 4:14:55 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: sodpoodle

true. most of them anyways


54 posted on 12/10/2010 5:19:55 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: Pyro7480; SlowBoat407; cyborg; Rodney King; Piranha; Pitiricus; Seeing More Clearly Now; lancer; ...

Columbia Ping
55 posted on 12/11/2010 11:20:22 AM PST by rmlew (You want change? Vote for the most conservative electable in your state or district.)
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To: mimi from mi; All

He was seriously afflicted with PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome).

Palin-Hating Columbia Professor, Huffington Post Blogger, Busted for Incest
http://theothermccain.com/2010/12/10/palin-hating-columbia-professor-huffington-post-blogger-busted-for-incest/


56 posted on 12/11/2010 7:00:56 PM PST by Lorianne (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ___ George Orwell)
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To: rmlew

The family that preys together, stays together.


57 posted on 12/12/2010 5:55:02 AM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: mmercier

Is the “daughter” his biological child, or the child of his wife, fathered by another...?

Whether or not a daughter is biologically your child, it is still incestuous to mess around with them, and pretty wrong. He took on the relationship of being the Father of this woman in either case. I wouldn’t be surprised if perhaps she was a step-daughter, but being a father does mean refraining from relationships with whomever you have taken on as your child, stepchild or full-blooded child, it does not matter.


58 posted on 12/12/2010 10:14:36 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: sodpoodle

I would add that it takes conditions of desperation (lack of alternate mates present) for animals to become incestuous.


59 posted on 12/12/2010 10:17:11 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Graybeard58
She's 24? Why wasn't she arrested too?

We all know why. The prosecutors need a victim.

60 posted on 12/13/2010 11:11:26 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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