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To: one_less who wrote (218512)	2/14/2007 7:32:18 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The practise is spreading and needs to be publicised you peabrain. It is truly pathetic and quite honestly astonishing, that the dissemination of information in your mind is tantamount to bigotry. Medical clinics used for genital mutilation The Daily Telegraph (Australia) ^ \| 2/6/07 news.com.au MORE parents are turning to medical clinics to perform genital mutilation, wrongly assuming that it spares girls physical and psychological damage, a UN agency warned today. The trend has been spotted in Egypt, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Yemen, according to demographic surveys and patient reports, the UN Population Fund said. This tendency arises from increased awareness of the health risks associated with the practice,'' the fund's executive director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, said. (Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ....

To: one_less who wrote (218512)	2/15/2007 2:11:51 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

There are so many horrible things occurring all over the world, it's hard for me to see one thing as that much worse than others. I happen to think the baby raping believed to prevent AIDS is far worse than genital mutilation - but that's me. Baby raping just repels me more than anything else. I don't want to talk about Brian. I don't like talking about people (unless we're going to say something nice). I don't mind talking about ideas, but making things personal is never a good idea, imo, and I try hard not to do it.