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Female circumcision

Steelland
14-06-2004, 03:51
Where the heck did this come from? I am not sure that the issue is important enough to change the world with its abolition. I heard the some tribes still do it but nothing large-scale. I do not think that the problem is worthy enough to vote for or adainst.
imported_Mezzenrach
14-06-2004, 05:13
I am quite sure it's important enough for the woman who aren't given any choice when it came to having their genitalia butchered.

Whether or not you believe this is "worthy enough" for this attention from the UN, that is simply too bad -- it IS being voted upon, and if you want to be the representation of misogyny that you sound like you are, you can decide to vote against the proposal. Or, you can be a person of true character and vote in favour of this proposal.

Her Most Serene Majesty, Queen Mezzen
Bamada
14-06-2004, 05:40
Well obviously it happens enough that it has been heard of, and that is more than a few times. Lets take the first step to rid the world of this and vote FOR.
Bamada
14-06-2004, 05:40
Well obviously it happens enough that it has been heard of, and that is more than a few times. Lets take the first step to rid the world of this and vote FOR.
Spewicide
14-06-2004, 06:38
STAY OUT OF MY RELIGION.

What does this have to do with international bodies?

I can understand a proposal to abate threats as an international body. But to undermine the religion of MY STATE? How dare. What next? FREE SPEECH? Just because YOU believe this is how the world is ordered, does NOT mean that my people should live under this rule. You threaten to make my state into a rogue nation, which I, as leader of the nation of Spewicide will glady be before you run how my people should behave. MY PEOPLE, not my government.

That is the difference.
Komokom
14-06-2004, 06:59
STAY OUT OF MY RELIGION.

What does this have to do with international bodies?

I can understand a proposal to abate threats as an international body. But to undermine the religion of MY STATE? How dare. What next? FREE SPEECH? Just because YOU believe this is how the world is ordered, does NOT mean that my people should live under this rule. You threaten to make my state into a rogue nation, which I, as leader of the nation of Spewicide will glady be before you run how my people should behave. MY PEOPLE, not my government.

That is the difference.

:roll:

Decide :

1) Motivate enough votes against it.

2) Leave the U.N.

3) Quit the " whine, whine, whine ! " business. Its how the U.N. works.

+

Deal with it.

- T.R. Kom
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Daryn
14-06-2004, 07:01
I would like to address the esteemed deligate from Spewicide.

You will note that the resolution does not require you make FGM illegal, just that you officially frown upon it. I don't know about the politics in your country, but in mine, there are often things we 'frown upon' but are done anyways.

As for the education, surely you don't want your people to live in ignorance? What a person does with his or her own body is their business. However, that person should be able to make an informed choice on the matter. If they willfully ignore the information available, or make a choice different from what you or I would see as the only logical one, well that is their choice.

Minister Mar Darenka
Ambassador to the UN
The Most Serene Republic of Daryn
Fenure
14-06-2004, 07:05
I just don't see how condemning (not even banning) something done by a only a very small amount of people has a "strong" effect. That's why I voted against it.
1 Infinite Loop
14-06-2004, 07:05
Where the heck did this come from? I am not sure that the issue is important enough to change the world with its abolition. I heard the some tribes still do it but nothing large-scale. I do not think that the problem is worthy enough to vote for or adainst.

Not important,
would you allow it to be performed on your Daughter?
I seriously doubt it., as it is reather nasty,
Bear in mind it isnt as simple as a male Circumcision, it cuts Everytthing off.

Look it up online, and you will see why so many of us are against it.

also In Infinite loop, we send in our Cylon Mechanical Men to slaughter the
Perpetrators of the crime, perpetrator being defined as
the person who performs the surgery
the person who requested the surgery
and all who aided in its being carried out.

the girl who it is performed on is medivaced to the nearest IL Medical facility to be stabilized and treated.
1 Infinite Loop
14-06-2004, 07:15
Well obviously it happens enough that it has been heard of, and that is more than a few times. Lets take the first step to rid the world of this and vote FOR.

there is a model in the US now, whe was born in Africa and it was performed on her when she was a little girl, I cannot recall her name at the moment, I remember seeing a article about her in a magazine a few years back, I knwo she is from africa, I wish I could remember her name, lol.

here is a link to a site all about it.
**Not For The Faint Of Heart **
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm#a1
Whited Fields
14-06-2004, 07:28
Can we please take the conversations regarding this issue back to the main topic for this issue?

Female Genital Mutilation [AT VOTE] (FAQ in first post) (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150189)