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[Timber]

ly mentally and physically defective?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Island

Fletcher Christian and his band of mutineers, along with several able-bodied and assuredly compliant Tahitian men and women, came upon the Pitcairn islands in 1790. They decided to settle there. Today the British Overseas Territory is a veritable idyll of sun-drenched atolls, exotic fruits and systematic inbreeding and statutory rape.

pop: 27 (in 1790)
pop: 50 (in 2011)

Also

In September 2003, a baby was born on the island for the first time in 17 years (Pitcairn Miscellany, 2003). Another child, Adrianna Tracey Christian, was born on Pitcairn on March 3rd, 2007 (Miscellany, 2007).

Also

In February 2005, Shirley and Simon Young became the first married outsider couple in recorded history to obtain citizenship on Pitcairn (Miscellany, March 2005).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004
WHOOPS GUYS

rare photograph of Steve Christian:

How does this work? How do you maintain such a small population over such a long period of time and not have them turn into genetic monstrosities? How long until population decline does the whole affair in? Any Pitcairn GAFfers willing to chime in?

 

[Staccat0]

Makes me think of that X-files episode with the rednecks

"I'm HONGRY"

 

[Col WillieSharp]

Considering that painting, how would you tell?

 

[Stet]

Makes me think of that X-files episode with the rednecks

"I'm HONGRY"

That was one of the most disturbing episodes in that series, which says a lot.

 

[sk3]

I may be morbid but I would find it funny if someone visited there with a cold and it ended up killing the whole population.

 

[Qwomo]

Interesting.

 

[Timber]

I may be morbid but I would find it funny if someone visited there with a cold and it ended up killing the whole population.

It's a miracle they haven't been wiped out yet by diseases caught while trading baskets or .pn domain names.

I think if someone were to visit them now it would end like

 

[Qwomo]

Just read the trial wikipedia article.

It's the Wicker Man!

Sounds really interesting, I wonder if there's any good books on the subject.

 

[Dyno]

Fascinating!

 

[disappeared]

Internet: There is one Government-sponsored satellite internet connection, with networking provided to the inhabitants of the island. Pitcairn's country code (top level domain) is .pn. Residents pay NZ$100 (about USD$75) for 2GB of data per month, at a rate of 256kbps.

...

 

[Timber]

Does anyone have a boat and/or several women I could borrow?

 

[Clydefrog]

heh. Timber.

 

[Timber]

Inevitably, the little community had list some of its innocence. It was leaderless, too, for Nobbs had not yet been accepted as Adam's successor, and they could not agree on a local head. There was a period of anarchy and drunkenness but the vacuum was soon filled. In October 1832, a puritanical busybody, by the name of Joshua Hill, landed on the island, claiming to have been sent by the British Government. He was welcomed and, supplanting Nobbs as pastor and teacher, at once appointed himself as President of the 'Commonwealth' of Pitcairn. To his credit, Hill abolished the distilling of liquor but he also introduced arbitrary imprisonment and other severe punishments for the smallest misdeeds. He secured the expulsion of Nobbs and other "lousy foreigners" who formed an intimidated opposition, but their departure caused a reaction and his power gradually declined until, in 1838, his claim to represent the British Government was exposed and he was forcibly removed from the island. Nobbs returned from 'exile' and by a general vote was reinstated as pastor and teacher. One has only to read Hill's literary effusions to surmise that he was probably mentally unstable throughout his six years on Pitcairn.

This place has the best RPG lore.

You can apply for a visa here: http://www.government.pn/visaInfo.html

 

[2th]

very interesting. I enjoy learning something new every day. Thank you GAF

 

[scotcheggz]

Holy shit, this place is crazy. I was looking at the tourism website and followed some links. A family sell various wood carvings etc through their website:

Shipping

Once payment has been received, your items will be shipped on the next available ship. Please be patent as orders can take up to 4 months to reach you. Pitcairn only has 1 mail ship about every 2 months.

And I thought amazon was bad sometimes :lol

 

[Mudkips]

The trick is that inbreeding isn't really a big issue.

If you have bad genes it's bad.
If you have okay genes it's fine.
If you have great genes it's great.

It can also be bad if you have very little diversity and something in your environment suddenly changes (disease, food, climate).

The idea that incest = retardation and disabilities is extremely overblown.

 

[LyleLanley]

The trick is that inbreeding isn't really a big issue.

If you have bad genes it's bad.
If you have okay genes it's fine.
If you have great genes it's great.

It can also be bad if you have very little diversity and something in your environment suddenly changes (disease, food, climate).

The idea that incest = retardation and disabilities is extremely overblown.

I will not tag quote you.

Spoiler

I know nothing about the intricacies of incest.

 

[Qwomo]

The trick is that inbreeding isn't really a big issue.

If you have bad genes it's bad.
If you have okay genes it's fine.
If you have great genes it's great.

It can also be bad if you have very little diversity and something in your environment suddenly changes (disease, food, climate).

The idea that incest = retardation and disabilities is extremely overblown.

So your sister's hot, huh?

 

[teruterubozu]

I just watched this. Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian. LOL.
Movie holds up well actually - Sir Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day Lewis, Gibson - pretty amazing cast actually.

 

[Harry Dresden]

So your sister's hot, huh?

His full name is Mudkips Targaryen