On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:25:48 GMT, Palindrome  wrote:

>Were this country to adopt social mores that found the beating children 
>at school acceptable, I would bother to consider whether it mattered 
>what sex inflicted it on what sex. But I consider the possibility of 
>that happening about the same as mothers being able to take their 
>daughters to the local NHS clinic for a bit of FGM.

What's your feeling about the fact that a mother can take their son to
the local NHS clinic for a bit of MGM?  Isn't it about time that we
ban that barbaric practise also?

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Cynic

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> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:25:48 GMT, Palindrome  wrote:
>
>>Were this country to adopt social mores that found the beating children
>>at school acceptable, I would bother to consider whether it mattered
>>what sex inflicted it on what sex. But I consider the possibility of
>>that happening about the same as mothers being able to take their
>>daughters to the local NHS clinic for a bit of FGM.
>
> What's your feeling about the fact that a mother can take their son to
> the local NHS clinic for a bit of MGM?  Isn't it about time that we
> ban that barbaric practise also?
>
Can they?  I didn't think the NHS paid for elective circumsicion.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:32:17 +0100, "mert1639"
 wrote:

>> What's your feeling about the fact that a mother can take their son to
>> the local NHS clinic for a bit of MGM?  Isn't it about time that we
>> ban that barbaric practise also?
>>
>Can they?  I didn't think the NHS paid for elective circumsicion. 

It is immaterial who pays.  The point is that the clinic will perform
the operation, and the operation is perfectly legal.

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Cynic