Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] Re: Fwd: Today is the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:35:10 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 05:16:02 -0000, Nicolas Leobold wrote: >=A0And by the way, they might put body rings on their genitals but= I >=A0doubt many of them mutilate themselves. They put studs and bars THRU their penises , both shafts and= heads and scrota . > > And Ron , you're wrong that the Global Gov won't go after= such > > practices ; they will go after anything that increases their > > dominion . > >=A0That's one thing I agree with you about here, Bob, although= they >=A0would be right that it should be stopped. So parents cannot circumcise their kids , or pierce their ears= or noses or tattoo them or scar them or any other such practice . To be consistent , it's all or nothing . What sanctions do you recommend ? Imprison the parents ? Fine= them ? > Just wrong that they=A0should be the ones to do it. That's what government is for : applying righteous force . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/11/27 1:22:06 AM