Male Genital Mutilation 'debate' - disturbing indication of the empathy gap and understanding of the issues (BBC)

Ifanair · 2016-06-20T08:57:20+00:00

I'm glad that Peter Hitchens was able to explain what he thought at the end of that segment, because I was going to disagree thoroughly on him on the whole subject.

His point that because it is a religious issue it should be permitted is absurd, by that same token we should allow muslims to kill apostates because it is in their faith that it should be done. I hate those kind of arguments because they have nothing to do with reason and everything to do with emotion.

What I do agree with him is that banning it outright without first having a change in culture i.e. explaining to people why it is morally wrong, could cause problems in society.

And I just love how the blonde woman is just the typical feminist which just gets angry that a mens issue is being brought up and automatically makes it about woman. Gosh that equality hurts you hypocrite

Consilio_et_Animis · 2016-06-20T13:11:36+00:00

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Kuramo · 2016-06-20T18:51:52+00:00

A medical thing done for good medical reasons I'm not an expert in male circumcision

So it's the level of feminist's coherence.

legatus-dt · 2016-06-20T18:32:54+00:00

Don't make it illegal outright.

But for fuck sake make it illegal to do it to a child.

If it is a way of showing devotion to your faith then surely a grown man deciding to do it himself when he is able to make the decision is far more telling of their love for their religion than having it done to a child by a man with no medical degree and in unsanitary conditions.

ZimbaZumba · 2016-06-20T16:12:04+00:00

disturbing indication of the empathy gap and understanding of the issues (BBC)

You could not have summed it up better.

The standard of debate was jaw-droppingly awful. The population is now better informed because of the Internet. In the past, the elites could influence the public via the BBC with their uniformed opinions and bigotries.

People like Hitchens used to be abled to say pretty much what they liked entirely unchallenged; we relied on public intellectuals for our opinions. Those days are going fast and what we witnessed here is becoming an anachronism.

The BBC is still riddled with willfully ignorant ideologues who feed on each other’s ignorance. There is still work to do.

allSmallThings · 2016-06-21T01:00:29+00:00

I like to keep the argument simple. We believe all humans have the same equal rights. We believe men and women are equally human. Many countries forbid cutting girls' genitals because we know it is harmful. Cutting off bits of anyone's genitals is harmful, gender has nothing to do with it. Do we really believe in gender equality? Then we must forbid genital cutting for all children.

Title	Male Genital Mutilation 'debate' - disturbing indication of the empathy gap and understanding of the issues (BBC)
Author	baserace
Upvotes	48
Comments	25
Date	June 20, 2016 6:50 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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