Icons, what gives?

Quote: Nareed

I wanted to see whether you'd support mutilating children for religious reasons. You disappointed me by doing so.

Every adult who defends even minor genital mutilation should get circumcised by a mohel without anesthesia or sutures, and then tell me how good it all is.

I'm not for mutilation, nor am I for circumcision for religious reasons and I don't think it should be done outside of a hospital were it is a simple and beneficial very minor snip.

Quote: FrGamble

I'm not for mutilation, nor am I for circumcision for religious reasons and I don't think it should be done outside of a hospital were it is a simple and beneficial very minor snip.

I could argue, make quotes, and make biting remarks about Doublethink. But I'll just say this:

From all I've read concerning male genital mutilation, or circumcision, any "benefits" are minor, bordering on insignificant, and not worth even the admittedly small risks involved.

As to female genital mutilation, it's nothing short of an atrocity. Anyone performing it should be jailed for life and have all their assets seized for compensation.

Quote: Nareed

As to female genital mutilation, it's nothing short of an atrocity.

As I've said before I like it when we totally agree on something!

Quote: FrGamble

As I've said before I like it when we totally agree on something!

Well, you can't possibly be wrong all the time :)

Why not? Bob is.

Quote: FrGamble

Why not? Bob is.

Actually, that's impossible. I couldn't do that
if I tried. What's happened is, the Church has
fed you so much false information that just
about anything that makes sense is wrong
in your eyes. But you'll never see that,
as I said, you're brain washed to believe
what you believe and tune out anything
else. Cults invented this way of getting
believers to remain believers. Dealing with
very religious people in not unlike working
in a mental ward. If you're not careful,
you start to think they're all sane and you're
the kookoo bird.

The power of persuasion is extremely effective.
Just get somebody thru the door of the cult,
work on them little by little and soon you'll
have a loyal believer. That's why deprogramers
were invented, to get their crackpot ideas out
of your head.

Quote: FrGamble

Why not?

As Sheldon Cooper would point out the obvious: it's statistically unlikely. ;)