No Pointers in Java

In an interview a candidate was asked the question "Why don't we have
pointers in JAVA?" to which he replied like this:

"I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father, who
visited us quite often, fell in love with my step daughter and
married Her. Hence, my father became my son-in-law, and my
step-daughter became my mother. Some months later, my wife gave birth
to a son, who became the brother in law of my father as well as my
uncle. "

"The wife of my father, that is my step daughter, also had a son.
Thereby, I got a brother and at the same time a grandson. My wife is
my grandmother, since she is my mother's mother. Hence, I am my
wife's husband and at the same time her step-grandson; in other
words, I am
my own grandfather. "

"I guess that's why we don't have pointers in Java..."