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Circumcision Ban
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RE: Circumcision Ban
Why hitchens made such a big stink about levity yet added his own joke to teh conversation, prior the the nobel remark is beyond ridiculous to me.

To call circumcision genital mutilation is intellectually irresponsible, borderline disingenuous. We all know the horrible stories behind forced female genital mutilation.Mutilation has a serious connotation to it. I bet if the proponents of the anti-circumcision movement were instead to call it genital modification. Many people do this on their own like prince alberts, clit piercings, penis tatoos ,etc. This is just another form of expression. In this case it's religious expression, but I agree that it should be an informed decision.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

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Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 10, 2011 at 3:47 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Violet - June 10, 2011 at 3:55 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Jaysyn - June 10, 2011 at 5:06 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Anymouse - June 11, 2011 at 12:48 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BethK - June 11, 2011 at 1:11 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 10, 2011 at 3:57 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by 5thHorseman - June 10, 2011 at 5:36 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Jax - June 10, 2011 at 11:37 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BethK - June 11, 2011 at 12:28 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by 5thHorseman - June 11, 2011 at 12:50 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Jax - June 11, 2011 at 1:17 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by eric209 - June 11, 2011 at 2:47 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 11, 2011 at 2:53 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Minimalist - June 11, 2011 at 12:24 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rayaan - June 11, 2011 at 1:53 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BethK - June 12, 2011 at 6:45 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 11, 2011 at 2:13 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by eric209 - June 11, 2011 at 3:03 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by tackattack - June 11, 2011 at 5:59 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rwandrall - June 11, 2011 at 7:04 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 11, 2011 at 7:46 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 11, 2011 at 4:51 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by frankiej - June 11, 2011 at 9:32 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rwandrall - June 11, 2011 at 10:36 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by frankiej - June 11, 2011 at 10:56 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rwandrall - June 11, 2011 at 11:42 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by frankiej - June 11, 2011 at 11:55 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 11, 2011 at 11:56 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rwandrall - June 11, 2011 at 1:21 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by frankiej - June 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by tackattack - June 12, 2011 at 12:54 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 12, 2011 at 1:37 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Faith No More - June 12, 2011 at 8:43 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 13, 2011 at 2:24 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Violet - June 13, 2011 at 2:37 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 13, 2011 at 2:40 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Faith No More - June 13, 2011 at 7:36 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Cinjin - June 13, 2011 at 10:50 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BloodyHeretic - June 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Justtristo - June 12, 2011 at 5:30 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Rwandrall - June 12, 2011 at 6:58 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by BethK - June 12, 2011 at 7:56 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by eric209 - June 12, 2011 at 7:33 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by eric209 - June 12, 2011 at 7:57 pm
RE: Circumcision Ban - by Violet - June 13, 2011 at 2:22 am
RE: Circumcision Ban - by MilesTailsPrower - June 20, 2011 at 6:04 pm

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