Iceland to ban male genital mutilation

[mrswdk]

MP Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir of the Progressive Party, who introduced the bill at the start of the month, said: "We are talking about children's rights, not about freedom of belief.

"Everyone has the right to believe in what they want, but the rights of children come above the right to believe."

Iceland passed a law in 2005 banning female genital mutilation, and supporters of this move have compared it to that law.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43111800

[waauw]

When they mutilate their dicks, do they count as a new gender?

[saxitoxin]

MP Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir

Fake news. No way that's a real person's name.

[mrswdk]

Here comes saxi ‘Baby Butcher’ toxin to fight for the right to sniiiiiiiipawayyyy.

[saxitoxin]

Here comes saxi ‘Baby Butcher’ toxin to fight for the right to sniiiiiiiipawayyyy.

This is me entering mrswdk's thread -

[mrswdk]

Places where FGM and/or MGM are outlawed: Europe, China, Japan, Canada
Places where FGM and/or MGM are practiced by evangelical adherents to medieval ideologies: Saudi Arabia, Somalia, USA

[2dimes]

Are you suggesting Saxi is a mohel. It is a compelling hypothesis.

[DirtyDishSoap]

Every time I see a mrswdk thread.

[Bernie Sanders]

I sadly agree with mrs.....

[DoomYoshi]

As wrong as it is, I wouldn't call "medicine" a medieval ideology. Although I will evoke the ancient medicine (the healing arts indistinguishable from magic) and surgery (the art of cutting other people open) divide. In the ancient world medicine and surgery weren't the same thing and they shouldn't be in this thread either.

However, here's what Quartz wrote about the subject:

Most Americans assume the practice is medically useful, like a vaccination. The medical community agrees: both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) claim the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks, citing evidence that circumcision lowers a man’s risk for HIV, urinary-tract infections and penile cancer. But a closer look reveals that, at least in the industrialized world, the health benefits of circumcision may be negligible.

So they may be wrong to do it based on the evidence, but there is at least some evidence. In any case, it's a Jewish conspiracy, which is another ancient ideology.

[Bernie Sanders]

As wrong as it is, I wouldn't call "medicine" a medieval ideology. Although I will evoke the ancient medicine (the healing arts indistinguishable from magic) and surgery (the art of cutting other people open) divide. In the ancient world medicine and surgery weren't the same thing and they shouldn't be in this thread either.

However, here's what Quartz wrote about the subject:

Most Americans assume the practice is medically useful, like a vaccination. The medical community agrees: both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) claim the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks, citing evidence that circumcision lowers a man’s risk for HIV, urinary-tract infections and penile cancer. But a closer look reveals that, at least in the industrialized world, the health benefits of circumcision may be negligible.

So they may be wrong to do it based on the evidence, but there is at least some evidence. In any case, it's a Jewish conspiracy, which is another ancient ideology.

Fukn Jews!

[mrswdk]

An MGM survivor speaks to the BBC about living with constant pain and PTSD as a result of his barbaric treatment as an infant:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-4 ... stant-pain

[saxitoxin]

An MGM survivor speaks to the BBC about living with constant pain and PTSD as a result of his barbaric treatment as an infant:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-4 ... stant-pain

It's still getting 4+ stars on TripAdvisor so they must be doing something right.

[HitRed]

An MGM survivor speaks to the BBC about living with constant pain and PTSD as a result of his barbaric treatment as an infant:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-4 ... stant-pain

It's still getting 4+ stars on TripAdvisor so they must be doing something right.

Wow, it rains in Vegas or are the streets melting?

[NomadPatriot]

circumcision a traditionally Jewish thing..
so Iceland is now Anti-Sematic..?

[mrswdk]

Actually Male Genital Mutilation was invented by Mr Kellogg, of Kellogg's Corn Flakes fame. So maybe this ban is the latest in the America-EU trade spat.

[saxitoxin]

Actually Male Genital Mutilation was invented by Mr Kellogg, of Kellogg's Corn Flakes fame. So maybe this ban is the latest in the America-EU trade spat.

IIRC it was invented by Abraham of Bible fame

[mrswdk]

Actually Male Genital Mutilation was invented by Mr Kellogg, of Kellogg's Corn Flakes fame. So maybe this ban is the latest in the America-EU trade spat.

IIRC it was invented by Abraham of Bible fame

[nietzsche]

so you have time to update this thread but you have no time to update that other thread where you accused Cristiano Ronaldo of being a rapist?

[mrswdk]

If you put even 10% of the effort that you've put into haranguing me into reviving the He Who Shall Not Be Named thread, you could have turned that thread into OT's most popular ever thread* by now.



*going back to records began, which is about 2 years ago thanks to Raz deleting the whole forum

[riskllama]

wait, i thought we all agreed to blame Tt for that...

[NomadPatriot]

If you put even 10% of the effort that you've put into haranguing me into reviving the He Who Shall Not Be Named thread, you could have turned that thread into OT's most popular ever thread* by now.



*going back to records began, which is about 2 years ago thanks to Raz deleting the whole forum

because there are not any forum threads from 2006 still on here that members are posting on..
Raz is awesome Sauce.. one of my Favorites.. so much fun to interact with..