And why should the laws of England precisely be applied in Pitcairn? Why not the laws of Scotland, which are different? Life can be very complicated. Pitcairn people, by the way, are not just descended from British male mutineeres and Tahitian women. Tahitian men were involved as well, I believe. And probably some others as well. So quite who has imposed their culture on who is not entirely clear to me. An empty rock was occupied by some people, and they developed a culture. And presumably, as is the case everywhere, some people forced certain ideas on certain other people. Whether this was an imperial thing is a bit complex iin this very unusual case. It's more a "Lord of the Flies "situation, with the addition of breeding.