Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Feb 1st 2009

I try to respect the views and beliefs of other people. The trouble lies with respecting beliefs and customs that I really want to change!

The United Nations has a charter of human rights. Cultural heritage or no, I feel no obligation to condone belief systems that impose on human rights. This is sticky. Probably a lot of young girls want to be 'circumcised' because they feel they will become a true woman after the procedure. And what about male circumcision? And scarification?
Or animal rights? Now that is dangerous territory indeed!

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