Subject: Re: Female Genital Mutilation
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 23:42:49 GMT

Rich Thompson (thomprr@ego.psych.mcgill.ca) wrote:



: Can you at least see the problems I have with the practice, based on its
: effects?

Of course.  I have problems with it too.  I just don't
think that the fact that *I* have a problem with what mothers
and fathers do or have done to their daughters, based
on an ancient tradition, habit and custom,
gives me the right, or moral duty, to intervene.
And certainly not to foment a world-wide outcry based
on false and deceitful misrepresentations of what's 
going on.  My position is simple: leave it alone.

: Richard Thompson

(Same with abortion actually; I do not agree with abortion,
but I'm not going to call it murder, nor start bombing 
abortion clinics.)