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Thu May-12-11 05:37 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
| 22. It's "cultural" when it's done to women; "abuse" when it's done to men |
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Too often too many are too quick to "respect" barbaric things that are done to women in the name of 'cultural sensitivity;' these same things are quickly rejected if they are done to men or an ethnic minority.
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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 |
#19 |
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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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Name removed |
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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