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Thu May-12-11 05:32 PM
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| 19. I don't give one shit about "cultural sensitivity" or |
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"religious tolerance" this is barbarism at its most primitive and should be stopped NOW!
Read this today in the Times and came away seething with anger. Kudos to Nick Kristof for bringing this atrocity to the attention of more people.
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| -Torture for girls. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 02:57 PM |
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I do believe I'm going to be ill. N/t |
Bladian |
May-12-11 02:59 PM |
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Ugh...I was hoping this was about a waterboarding game marketed to kids. |
Quantess |
May-12-11 03:01 PM |
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I believe it is illegal for a doctor to perorm this in the United States. |
undeterred |
May-12-11 03:02 PM |
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Doctors in my city have faced a dilemma with Somalian immigrants. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 03:30 PM |
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I don't see where the "dilemma" is for AMERICAN doctors. |
WinkyDink |
May-13-11 08:29 AM |
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No dilemma |
WatsonT |
May-13-11 04:05 PM |
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"It was an accident." The fuckinghell it was--on your OWN daughter? |
blondeatlast |
May-12-11 03:02 PM |
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More than 80 million women have suffered this torture -- |
defendandprotect |
May-12-11 03:03 PM |
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ban this and ... |
guyton |
May-12-11 03:14 PM |
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The procedures aren't comparable. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 03:28 PM |
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They are BOTH barbaric. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
May-12-11 03:30 PM |
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The most recent studies in Africa were very well conducted. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 03:34 PM |
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no the procedures aren't comparable ... |
guyton |
May-12-11 06:46 PM |
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One has at least the weight of some science and medicine behind it. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 06:51 PM |
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+1 |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
May-15-11 10:46 AM |
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just as a matter of curiousity, how do you compare circumcision with THIS |
niyad |
May-12-11 05:23 PM |
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If you'd read the piece, you'd be able to spout off with some intelligence. There is no comparison |
blondeatlast |
May-12-11 05:26 PM |
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why do you think I didn't read it? |
guyton |
May-12-11 06:48 PM |
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One has the weight of a significant amount of science and medicine |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 07:47 PM |
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well ... except that ... |
guyton |
May-12-11 08:39 PM |
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But you do minimize FGM when you compare it to circumcision. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 09:05 PM |
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True, what you say. |
Quantess |
May-13-11 08:07 AM |
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Female mutilation is not done to babies. It's done to young girls. |
yardwork |
May-13-11 08:20 AM |
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yeah....gross. Go ahead and justify it, creep! |
Quantess |
May-13-11 10:41 AM |
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wtf? |
guyton |
May-13-11 02:43 PM |
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self-delete |
Quantess |
May-15-11 01:16 AM |
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Male circumcision has its downside, yes, and I think that the procedure should generally |
nomorenomore08 |
May-13-11 03:54 PM |
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Grotesque distortion of the poster's words. |
sibelian |
May-13-11 05:16 PM |
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Maybe, but *why bring up male circumcision at all* in this thread? |
nomorenomore08 |
May-13-11 05:45 PM |
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comparing the two is profoundly sick and ugly |
cali |
May-15-11 10:45 AM |
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If they chopped off a boys penis |
Aerows |
May-12-11 05:32 PM |
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Christ. Every fucking time. |
Codeine |
May-13-11 02:46 PM |
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Oh my god! Parents are cutting off their child's penises? |
EOTE |
May-13-11 02:52 PM |
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You had to go there... |
CTyankee |
May-13-11 03:44 PM |
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fucking sick and sickening to compare circumcision with this. What the fuck is wrong with YOU? |
cali |
May-15-11 10:40 AM |
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it is amazing how we women too, are conditioned to embrace misogynist behavior |
seabeyond |
May-12-11 03:30 PM |
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right on, sister |
Redford |
May-12-11 07:50 PM |
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Does anyone know why this started and why it became so |
cally |
May-12-11 03:31 PM |
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Religion |
NeedleCast |
May-12-11 03:35 PM |
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From what I've read, it was supposed to serve a dual purpose of keeping girls/women chaste and also |
LiberalLoner |
May-12-11 04:06 PM |
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Hmm... I think rape would be preferable. |
Quantess |
May-12-11 04:08 PM |
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“It is God’s will for girls to be circumcised.” |
NeedleCast |
May-12-11 03:34 PM |
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Pretty sure God would have made girls that way if that's how s/he intended it to be. |
blondeatlast |
May-12-11 05:49 PM |
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I don't give one shit about "cultural sensitivity" or |
hifiguy |
May-12-11 05:32 PM |
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It's "cultural" when it's done to women; "abuse" when it's done to men |
REP |
May-12-11 05:37 PM |
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Whatever. |
hifiguy |
May-12-11 05:49 PM |
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Some of us don't excuse it |
REP |
May-12-11 05:56 PM |
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And Kudos to NYTimes for publishing the details despite |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 06:39 PM |
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No culture is superior to another. n/t |
Rage for Order |
May-12-11 05:34 PM |
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Thank you for making my point above. |
REP |
May-12-11 05:38 PM |
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Are certain genitals less worthy than others? |
themadstork |
May-12-11 05:47 PM |
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Sure, and if Hitler had succeeded in his aims, his culture |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 06:40 PM |
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bullshit |
appal_jack |
May-13-11 04:29 AM |
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Says you. Perhaps you'd like your heart torn out by an obsidian knife? |
WinkyDink |
May-13-11 08:31 AM |
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Complete bullshit. |
Codeine |
May-13-11 02:48 PM |
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Not sure if sarcastic or not |
WatsonT |
May-13-11 04:07 PM |
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But some cultural practices are worse than others and need to be changed |
LeftishBrit |
May-15-11 10:35 AM |
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oh god |
themadstork |
May-12-11 05:45 PM |
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I think a lot of people don't realize that. And how they then |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 06:43 PM |
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I did not see any solution mentioned in the article |
DaveJ |
May-12-11 07:13 PM |
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There's actually an issue we need to consider in the U.S. |
pnwmom |
May-12-11 07:46 PM |
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But proposing easy, simplistic, "RAH RAH USA" type solutions helps no one. |
nomorenomore08 |
May-13-11 04:01 PM |
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happens EVERY time ... only 6 posts in this time.... n/t |
Scout |
May-12-11 08:43 PM |
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Ah, but Scout, don't you know? |
Cerridwen |
May-12-11 08:59 PM |
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Oof. Someone upthread asked about the history and I had to google. |
Cerridwen |
May-12-11 08:56 PM |
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common? really? I'd like to see some statistics on that. |
cali |
May-15-11 11:00 AM |
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they were looking for a 'solution' to masturbation? egads. |
MH1 |
May-15-11 11:56 AM |
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May-13-11 04:48 AM |
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It IS disingenuous. I care about FGM, but warmongering Americans crying about it isn't going to |
readmoreoften |
May-13-11 05:04 AM |
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it's supposed to make us think that arabs are so backward it's ok to kill |
Hannah Bell |
May-13-11 12:32 PM |
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Nonsense. Human rights organizations criticize all kinds of practices. |
LeftishBrit |
May-15-11 10:37 AM |
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sorry you don't get it |
Hannah Bell |
May-15-11 12:57 PM |
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so start a thread about it n/t |
Scout |
May-13-11 08:22 AM |
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Your post reminds me of an abortion clinic protestor's sign. |
msanthrope |
May-13-11 08:30 AM |
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If you have an argument that can excuse the usa doing that to even one person... |
Bonobo |
May-13-11 10:47 AM |
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What does that outrage have to do with FGM? |
msanthrope |
May-13-11 07:04 PM |
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Oh for pete's sake. nt |
woo me with science |
May-15-11 06:31 AM |
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Through the magic of false dichotomies FGM is now acceptable! |
WatsonT |
May-13-11 04:09 PM |
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...and via the magic of completely ignoring the content of Hannah's post |
sibelian |
May-13-11 05:20 PM |
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Consider: |
WatsonT |
May-14-11 07:48 AM |
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her post couldn't be more absurd. should I parse for those who are |
cali |
May-15-11 12:08 PM |
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So FGM is okay then? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
May-13-11 04:55 PM |
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Gore porn from our resident Marxist, how precious |
WildEyedLiberal |
May-13-11 05:49 PM |
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This is beyond SAD!! Like another poster said... |
SkyDaddy7 |
May-13-11 04:55 AM |
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PERVERTED SEXUAL TORTURE. THERE IS NO "CULTURAL" or MEDICAL DEFENSE. |
WinkyDink |
May-13-11 08:28 AM |
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That is pretty intense. The pain must be horrible. nt |
ZombieHorde |
May-13-11 09:13 AM |
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Horrible. |
LeftishBrit |
May-15-11 10:32 AM |
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