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Talk:Female Genital Mutilation (view source)
Revision as of 18:42, October 23, 2008
, 18:42, October 23, 2008→That word: Maybe young people should talk to their parents, ministers, or perhaps doctors.
I'm trying very hard to be nice about this, but this page is being overrun by liberals. [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 13:57, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
I'm trying very hard to be nice about this, but this page is being overrun by liberals. [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 13:57, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
:I wasn't trying to offend or mock, BHarlan. The human body is a thing of wonder, and parts of it like the one in question have a proper purpose in that design. This article is about the ritual mutilation of that part to thwart a purpose that we are born to experience in a proper context. I don't think this is improper to discuss, and even the Bible mentions [[circumcision]], so in the right context it's still okay for a family-friendly resource. A last thought - if we don't talk about things like this here, where do you want kids to go instead? We can duck from the challenge, or rise to it and offer a family-friendly option this project was intended to --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 14:31, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
:I wasn't trying to offend or mock, BHarlan. The human body is a thing of wonder, and parts of it like the one in question have a proper purpose in that design. This article is about the ritual mutilation of that part to thwart a purpose that we are born to experience in a proper context. I don't think this is improper to discuss, and even the Bible mentions [[circumcision]], so in the right context it's still okay for a family-friendly resource. A last thought - if we don't talk about things like this here, where do you want kids to go instead? We can duck from the challenge, or rise to it and offer a family-friendly option this project was intended to --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 14:31, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
::Maybe young people should talk to their parents, ministers, or perhaps doctors. If they are still interested, when they are old enough, they can go to medical or nursing school. Finally, it is not the case that every child must have all knowledge. I would wager that all but a very few unlucky American kids do not benefit from knowing the gruesome details of FGM.
::I think it's clear this is a matter of scale, since even liberals like youself wouldn't want to put up an FGM instruction manual here, even though it would be "informative".
::I did not and do not think you were mocking. I think you merely haven't thought through all the consequences of liberalism in this case. I will not speculate on the causes liberalism in general. [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 14:42, 23 October 2008 (EDT)