It's alright, im not attacking you as a person. And im sure there are sick minded men out there who most likely practice this for the sexual deviances. But it sickens me when people try to compare it to all circumcisions i view them all as equally sickening and wish it was stopped being practiced on men AND women alike.
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People collectively, are stupid. Audiences are idiots, one person laughs, another laughs, they do it because it's uncomfortable. Laughter is not simply a sign of enjoyment, it's also a way that people attempt to deal with situations that make them uncomfortable. In addition, the audience is encouraged to laugh with the cast, lest the cast actually look bad for their opinions.
And of course you are right, but on the same token, on a very "many" male show if there was an article about a man cutting off a woman's breasts, the male audience might have been laughing just as much.
Individually people can be very rational and intelligent. But in large groups and under the influence of peer pressure to conform, they become idiots.
Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.
Now you're moving goal posts to defend your interpretation of majority. In terms of congressional representation, for example, women are a minority. Same with representation in other areas such as corporate boards. Military. From a historical perspective, basic rights.
If we're talking about government women are still a minority. That they turned out in force to elect their choice of preselected men doesn't change that.
That or I don't want the government banning a cultural practice with no serious consequences in the vast majority of instances. But then again you're for small government that stays out of your business.And saying male circumcision should continue to be legal because it's a "benign" practice is nothing more than an appeal to tradition.
yeah, a lot more people are hurt by alcohol and tobacco. And apples and oranges now that I think about it. WHERE IS MY BAN ON APPLES?Apples and oranges.
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Now now Laize, no need to lean on ad hominems to carry your views.
I don't see how you can cry all over the place about a small group of women laughing at mutilation, and casually dismiss public reaction to a movie expressly about torture and mutilation as in no way significant.
I agree, I just wish that people would stop trying to call FGM and modern, western, male-circumcision "objectively" the same because they're both forms of mutilation. Yes, they are, but are they comparable? Sure, if you can compare a toy car and a ocean-liner because they both have engines.
I never said it was benign nor that it should continue. Only that on the scale of "mutilation", modern male circumcision is a 1 or a 2, and FGM ranks somewhere on a 9 to 11(on a scale of 10). Male circumcision is an OPTIONAL procedure which some parents choose to have their children undergo.
As for cultural traditions, people are idiots when under pressure to conform. I said that.
Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.