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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:57 PM Original message |
Torture for girls. |
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Bladian (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I do believe I'm going to be ill. N/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ugh...I was hoping this was about a waterboarding game marketed to kids. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I believe it is illegal for a doctor to perorm this in the United States. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Doctors in my city have faced a dilemma with Somalian immigrants. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. I don't see where the "dilemma" is for AMERICAN doctors. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. No dilemma |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. "It was an accident." The fuckinghell it was--on your OWN daughter? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. More than 80 million women have suffered this torture -- |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. ban this and ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The procedures aren't comparable. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They are BOTH barbaric. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The most recent studies in Africa were very well conducted. |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. no the procedures aren't comparable ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. One has at least the weight of some science and medicine behind it. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
83. +1 |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. just as a matter of curiousity, how do you compare circumcision with THIS |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. If you'd read the piece, you'd be able to spout off with some intelligence. There is no comparison |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. why do you think I didn't read it? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. One has the weight of a significant amount of science and medicine |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. well ... except that ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. But you do minimize FGM when you compare it to circumcision. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. True, what you say. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Female mutilation is not done to babies. It's done to young girls. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. yeah....gross. Go ahead and justify it, creep! |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. wtf? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. self-delete |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. Male circumcision has its downside, yes, and I think that the procedure should generally |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Grotesque distortion of the poster's words. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Maybe, but *why bring up male circumcision at all* in this thread? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
82. comparing the two is profoundly sick and ugly |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. If they chopped off a boys penis |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. Christ. Every fucking time. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Oh my god! Parents are cutting off their child's penises? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. You had to go there... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
81. fucking sick and sickening to compare circumcision with this. What the fuck is wrong with YOU? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. it is amazing how we women too, are conditioned to embrace misogynist behavior |
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Redford (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. right on, sister |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Does anyone know why this started and why it became so |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Religion |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. From what I've read, it was supposed to serve a dual purpose of keeping girls/women chaste and also |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Hmm... I think rape would be preferable. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. “It is God’s will for girls to be circumcised.” |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Pretty sure God would have made girls that way if that's how s/he intended it to be. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't give one shit about "cultural sensitivity" or |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Whatever. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Some of us don't excuse it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. And Kudos to NYTimes for publishing the details despite |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. No culture is superior to another. n/t |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you for making my point above. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Are certain genitals less worthy than others? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Sure, and if Hitler had succeeded in his aims, his culture |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. bullshit |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Says you. Perhaps you'd like your heart torn out by an obsidian knife? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. Complete bullshit. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Not sure if sarcastic or not |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
79. But some cultural practices are worse than others and need to be changed |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. oh god |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I think a lot of people don't realize that. And how they then |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. I did not see any solution mentioned in the article |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There's actually an issue we need to consider in the U.S. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. But proposing easy, simplistic, "RAH RAH USA" type solutions helps no one. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. happens EVERY time ... only 6 posts in this time.... n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Ah, but Scout, don't you know? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Oof. Someone upthread asked about the history and I had to google. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. common? really? I'd like to see some statistics on that. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
85. they were looking for a 'solution' to masturbation? egads. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. Deleted message |
readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. It IS disingenuous. I care about FGM, but warmongering Americans crying about it isn't going to |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. it's supposed to make us think that arabs are so backward it's ok to kill |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Nonsense. Human rights organizations criticize all kinds of practices. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. sorry you don't get it |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. so start a thread about it n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Your post reminds me of an abortion clinic protestor's sign. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. If you have an argument that can excuse the usa doing that to even one person... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. What does that outrage have to do with FGM? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. Oh for pete's sake. nt |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Through the magic of false dichotomies FGM is now acceptable! |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. ...and via the magic of completely ignoring the content of Hannah's post |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Consider: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. her post couldn't be more absurd. should I parse for those who are |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. So FGM is okay then? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Gore porn from our resident Marxist, how precious |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
46. This is beyond SAD!! Like another poster said... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
51. PERVERTED SEXUAL TORTURE. THERE IS NO "CULTURAL" or MEDICAL DEFENSE. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. That is pretty intense. The pain must be horrible. nt |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
78. Horrible. |
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