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Luminous Animal

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10. Exactly. Clinics treat people.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #7)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 11:28 PM

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The First Female Genital Mutilation Clinic for Girls Opens in UK [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 OP

OK. That title really had me thinking the clinic had the opposite purpose. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #1

Me too. I had to read the article to get the point of the clinic. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #3

Really. Because the UK, a modern western country is ALL about facilitating FGM. (snort) Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #35

What kind of dickish reply is that? I'm somehow degrading women because for a fraction of a moment Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #55

OK, WTF? smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #2

Seems the purpose is to provide care to those have already been FGMed Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #4

It seems like its purpose is both to help victims and educate to put an Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #5

Yes, a very bad title. smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #8

Are you also confused about HIV clinics? Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #12

Really? Kinda snarky. yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #30

That is about the most horribly worded headline I have ever seen. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #6

yes but if a clinic is named "The TB clinic" everyone would assume its purpose to treat TB Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #7

Yeah but this is the first of it's kind.. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #9

As were the first HIV clinics. Nobody confused them with wanting to give people HIV. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #13

because FGM is done to females on purpose by those close to them , HIV isn't treated the same way JI7 Sep 2014 #15

Many cities have rape treatment clinics, Would you assume that these clinics are there to Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #17

no, because rape is not treated as the same as FGM by those close to them, the thing with FGM JI7 Sep 2014 #19

Really. It's considered positive in the UK? Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #24

yes, among certain immigrant communities JI7 Sep 2014 #26

Are you really going to advance the notion that the UK would allow this. Really. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #27

no, i never said the UK would allow it JI7 Sep 2014 #28

One would assume the UK with a strong history of being anti-child rape Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #56

Immigrant communities? Like the Irish? AngryAmish Sep 2014 #60

In some communities that would be a YES leftynyc Sep 2014 #61

No, because, for one, the word "treatment" is in there. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #52

TB and HIV are diseases-- they are not medical procedures Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #18

First dog fighting clinic opens in the UK. Yep the first thing that would pop into my head is it is Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #22

A clinic is a place for medical procedures Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #40

So then, a Pain Clinic is where one goes ... to get ... what ... ? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #44

In the western world (i.e., the UK, THE UK, mentioned in the subject line) an FGM clinic would be Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #48

FGM is not a medical procedure. You understand this, Yes? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #43

Exactly. Clinics treat people. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #10

and a "fertility clinic" is for those who are IN-fertile. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #36

Really. What would be your alternative title to an HIV clinic. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #11

The difference is that nobody wants HIV, Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #16

You honestly believe the the UK, THE UK, a modern western nation with a strong FEMINIST Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #20

one might think it's a clinic which claims to do one thing but actually does FGM JI7 Sep 2014 #21

One might think that if one lives in Egypt. But the OP clearly states the UK. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #23

yes, and immigrant communities in the UK and elsewhere where it's banned still do it JI7 Sep 2014 #25

In order for your argument to hold water, you would also have to believe the UK would allow such a Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #32

i didn't say the UK would allow it , i know that immigrant communities in the UK and elsewhere JI7 Sep 2014 #37

No, of course I wouldn't believe that. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #31

Any person who sees the UK in the title and would jump to that conclusion is a misogynist. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #33

Or they could be deeply ignorant. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #34

Apparently there are many DUers who don't know what "UK' stands for. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #39

anyone who makes broad generalizations about who is or is not a misogynist, especially based on KittyWampus Sep 2014 #38

Consider this: NYC Opens Female Genital Mutilation Clinic Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #41

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #51

yeah this whole subthread bobduca Sep 2014 #57

And yet the responses by many here kiva Sep 2014 #59

Nobody wants FGM either. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #45

there ARE people who want it for their daughters including people in places like the UK JI7 Sep 2014 #47

ask the daughter if she wants it. done here. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #49

the girls are usually minors JI7 Sep 2014 #50

If nobody wanted it leftynyc Sep 2014 #62

what part of done here do you not understand? I am done here. capiche and peace out. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #63

But you're wrong leftynyc Sep 2014 #64

Because yes, female genital mutilations is what we do and open clinics for in the west. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #14

I am saddened that this is needed, ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #29

Me too. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #42

Me three. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #46

Chalk me up as another who supports the idea but thinks the wording is bad. NT Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #53

Now let's start prosecuting the persons of dubious ancestry who enable this crime intaglio Sep 2014 #54

I hope more clinics are opened TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #58