Sunday, September 19, 2004
The Greatest Act of Horror Ever committed Systematically Against a Portion of Humanity:
They decided to hold a conference recently to declare a consensus against the practice if female genital mutilation. What scares the hell out of me is the fact that they would ever have to hold such a conference in the first place. I find it absolutely terrifying that such a large portion of our species consider women to be despicable creatures whose sexuality must be surgically altered to prevent them from living devout lives. This is the single most horrifying picture of humanity that I can imagine. That such a level of ignorance could exist in the world defies all logic. Assuming that the reasons given are legitimate, then their actions are in the least blasphemous. If you believe that God created the world, then he could do no wrong. He created all life. To surgically alter a female against her wishes, or before she is old enough to make the decision for herself is effectively to state that God made a mistake and that ant man can correct that error. This is blasphemy as much as any other act. So I don't buy the religious argument and I don't buy the promiscuity argument. To me it is simply one portion of the population completely subjugating another to a horrific degree. It is criminal! It is inhumane! It must be stopped. I am a father of daughters. I cannot imagine any father knowingly, willingly, allowing this to be done to one of his daughters. In the name of your God, or alternatively, in the name of all that is sane... STOP. Your Kids deserve better. It is only when practices such as these are totally halted that we will finally start to make real progress.
They decided to hold a conference recently to declare a consensus against the practice if female genital mutilation. What scares the hell out of me is the fact that they would ever have to hold such a conference in the first place. I find it absolutely terrifying that such a large portion of our species consider women to be despicable creatures whose sexuality must be surgically altered to prevent them from living devout lives. This is the single most horrifying picture of humanity that I can imagine. That such a level of ignorance could exist in the world defies all logic. Assuming that the reasons given are legitimate, then their actions are in the least blasphemous. If you believe that God created the world, then he could do no wrong. He created all life. To surgically alter a female against her wishes, or before she is old enough to make the decision for herself is effectively to state that God made a mistake and that ant man can correct that error. This is blasphemy as much as any other act. So I don't buy the religious argument and I don't buy the promiscuity argument. To me it is simply one portion of the population completely subjugating another to a horrific degree. It is criminal! It is inhumane! It must be stopped. I am a father of daughters. I cannot imagine any father knowingly, willingly, allowing this to be done to one of his daughters. In the name of your God, or alternatively, in the name of all that is sane... STOP. Your Kids deserve better. It is only when practices such as these are totally halted that we will finally start to make real progress.
# posted by Wil Smith : 5:52 p.m.
