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MineralMan

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32. I'm pretty sure my parents made their choice on the advice

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 09:35 AM

Apr 2017

of a physician. I don't believe any of those other things you mentioned came up at all, since my parents are both atheists.

However, the removal of some skin is hardly equivalent to removal of an organ of the body. Not in any way.

The discussion you are attempting to open is a common one. It has been started many, many times on this political forum. It always devolves into name-calling and attacks against one thing or another.

The topic of this thread is involuntary clitoridectomies. That is a far, far more life-changing thing that the removal of the prepuce, for whatever reason.

Often, the people who bring this issue into the discussion end up being misogynists, in the end. They use this false equivalency to inject an entirely different topic of conversation. Not always, but often. I hope that is not the case today.

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Livonia doctor's defense denies female genital mutilation; calls it religious removal [View all] FrodosNewPet Apr 2017 OP

Does she have daughters? janterry Apr 2017 #1

If her reasoning is religious, Ilsa Apr 2017 #3

Guessing her argument would fly in the ancestral homeland HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #50

Yes, the women are the ones that do it treestar Apr 2017 #68

I am against this practice superpatriotman Apr 2017 #2

I Call It Evil colsohlibgal Apr 2017 #4

Of which 'guy' do you refer? angstlessk Apr 2017 #5

they do it to make them marriageable. mopinko Apr 2017 #7

Let the girl grow up THEN allow HER to make that decision. angstlessk Apr 2017 #8

oh absolutely. it is reprehensible. mopinko Apr 2017 #10

You mean "some" men demand it just some clearly there are "some" women who are ok with cstanleytech Apr 2017 #14

Mutilate children, and defend it because Gaw-duh told you to do it? hatrack Apr 2017 #6

+100000000000 Initech Apr 2017 #18

sad thing is the right wing will use this to spread more Muslim hatred even though luvMIdog Apr 2017 #9

Not a common practice here leftynyc Apr 2017 #29

I lived in the middle east for many years this is not common among the majority luvMIdog Apr 2017 #35

There are many leftynyc Apr 2017 #42

thank you for the stats. I appreciate that. luvMIdog Apr 2017 #45

"it's one culture that are the predominant culprits" jberryhill Apr 2017 #48

Yes, I'm sure it's simply a leftynyc Apr 2017 #52

Given that there are Muslim majority countries in which this practice does not exist... jberryhill Apr 2017 #59

So you consider it leftynyc Apr 2017 #66

Roman Catholics and Protestants in the same region ALSO do it jberryhill Apr 2017 #71

Are you REALLY doing this? leftynyc Apr 2017 #73

Burkina Faso - 69% of Roman Catholics and 65% of Protestants. jberryhill Apr 2017 #74

I'm done with this leftynyc Apr 2017 #75

Does Islam require eating falafel? jberryhill Apr 2017 #76

Yes, and it existed before Islam treestar Apr 2017 #70

Which is why Christians in those same countries ALSO do it jberryhill Apr 2017 #72

I wonder how many other young girls she mutilated. demmiblue Apr 2017 #11

The parents of these girls belong in an adjacent prison cell. They drove bullwinkle428 Apr 2017 #12

Yep. n/t demmiblue Apr 2017 #13

I almost want to have them sterilized however once you go down that road its hard to find cstanleytech Apr 2017 #15

Yes they do! get the red out Apr 2017 #62

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Go away. demmiblue Apr 2017 #17

What Demmi Said! ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #19

You're not even remotely close to an analogy . . hatrack Apr 2017 #20

It's not even remotely close to the same Lee-Lee Apr 2017 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author ismnotwasm Apr 2017 #22

Looking downward, I see that I am a "victim" of that. MineralMan Apr 2017 #23

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I'm pretty sure my parents made their choice on the advice MineralMan Apr 2017 #32

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your own statement about hygiene shows why it is still worth considering unblock Apr 2017 #54

You need some human anatomy schooling DarleenMB Apr 2017 #24

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Yeah, wow. That's fascinating. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2017 #33

Lol! demmiblue Apr 2017 #34

+100 MineralMan Apr 2017 #43

"Your honor, I'd like to introduce Muh Dick for the jury's inspection." hatrack Apr 2017 #53

Objection, your honor: In the absence of a foreskin, Muh Dick serves no purpose! Act_of_Reparation Apr 2017 #55

"This demonstration would only engorge, uh, enflame the jury!" hatrack Apr 2017 #60

"muh dick?" MineralMan Apr 2017 #40

I think it's from Frank Herbert - an early "Dune" manuscript used "Muh Dick" instead of "Muad Dib" hatrack Apr 2017 #56

Well, apparently, the excitement is over. MineralMan Apr 2017 #64

Male circumcision is a form of mutilation, but nothing compares to the atrocity of female... Equinox Moon Apr 2017 #25

Yawwwwwnnnnnn leftynyc Apr 2017 #30

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Isn't it funny leftynyc Apr 2017 #44

"Eventually, I too, shall have "cred""... demmiblue Apr 2017 #46

Especially if he keeps talkin' 'bout "muh dick" Coventina Apr 2017 #47

Lol... some of the responses to Mr. Muh Dick in this thread are hilarious! demmiblue Apr 2017 #57

Seems he won't be getting his cred after all. demmiblue Apr 2017 #65

Here lies Muh Dick.... Coventina Apr 2017 #67

. . . flaccid, dribbling and receding rapidly into digital oblivion. . . hatrack Apr 2017 #69

Very happy to "flame away". Your comment shows incredible ignorance. Coventina Apr 2017 #36

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Now you are just babbling nonsense. Coventina Apr 2017 #39

Member here since 2008. Duppers Apr 2017 #58

hoping they throw the book at this greenman3610 Apr 2017 #26

Not just her leftynyc Apr 2017 #31

I pray that the doctor goes to prison! nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2017 #41

Holy crap. Literally. PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #49

Human history is littered with human mutilation and death in the name of some god. Fuck ALL that. ancianita Apr 2017 #61

And even in this country get the red out Apr 2017 #63