tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post679120843971352326..comments2023-03-21T17:58:03.942-07:00Comments on Clayton Cramer's Blog Archive (pre-Ambulance Chasers): Want To Be Disturbed?Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-56605005956665003632010-07-02T20:37:17.871-07:002010-07-02T20:37:17.871-07:00I am aggrieved, in every sense of the word, by tha...I am aggrieved, in every sense of the word, by that post at that site. I have read that site, on an almost daily basis for a long time initially due to an interest in law, logical reasoning and especially for the comments from lawyers. <br><br>I have noticed a change over a period of time, in a field that I did not believe would be susceptible to changes in values, as I expected adherence to principle, not shifting evaluations of whatever becomes politically correct and therefore, mandated.<br><br>The SCOTUS is well on its way to becoming irrelevant in regard to the Constitution, led and fed by Congress and those in the legal profession. I am beginning to have serious doubts about the sanity of this country....JHarveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412060593963619057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-51661698218373861712010-07-03T13:57:48.630-07:002010-07-03T13:57:48.630-07:00Clayton: FGM is not an "Islamic" practic...Clayton: FGM is not an "Islamic" practice. It is not mandated by either the Koran or the Hadiths. (The only reference is a caution that it should be performed lightly.)<br><br>It has been denounced by many eminent Moslem clergy and scholars. It has been prohibited (at least nominally) in many Moslem countries. It is not practiced at all many Moslem countries, and is commonplace only in a few.<br><br>Nearly all of these are in Africa, where it is a "tradition". Some non-Moslem African cultures do it. Why? Because they've always done it, and no goddam outsiders are going to make them stop.<br><br>Wiki sez Kenyan nationalists revived it during the Mau-Mau rebellion as a rejection of the white missionaries who had suppressed it.<br><br>Clitorectomy as a quasi-medical practice is common in Egypt, where it is fostered by the misogyny of Islamic cultures, as a desexualizing act. Allegedly, young middle-class women often come to doctors requesting clitorectomy to become "purer".<br> <br>Islam itself is not <i>that</i> misogynist/male-supremacist, but it has inherited a strong tinge of that from Arab culture, and Islamic institutions and scholars are very reluctant to challenge the culture's ingrained attitude.<br><br>Thus laws against FGM are often unenforced (the victims are female, so the authorities don't care).Rich Rostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-84223163308415304402010-07-04T22:21:17.394-07:002010-07-04T22:21:17.394-07:00I actually made the point above that FGM is "...I actually made the point above that FGM is "associated with Islam (although not required by it)." There are a lot of fiercely misogynistic practices associated with Islam that are not part of the religion. (Others, however, are, such as allowing rape of females taken as captives in warfare, are specifically allowed by the Koran, and requiring four Islamic male eyewitnesses to prove rape is mandated by the Koran.)Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-8623055184505770962010-07-05T12:18:03.629-07:002010-07-05T12:18:03.629-07:00"Reading comments like the ones in that threa..."Reading comments like the ones in that thread is part of why I am becoming increasingly convinced that homosexuality--at least, open, widely accepted homosexuality--is incompatible with civilization"<br><br>I don't see the connection. My guess is that those who practice FGM also think homosexuality is uncivilized.Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545829112289555883.post-46990608394080015892010-07-05T21:22:15.761-07:002010-07-05T21:22:15.761-07:00Just a quick note: From my (admittedly less) readi...Just a quick note: <br><br>From my (admittedly less) readings of history, male circumcision is not really a "Judeo-Christian Western Tradition", it's more of a Jewish Tradition that was instituted in this country.<br><br>I've got no qualms with Circumcision, I was born in the 60s in a catholic hospital and lost my foreskin there. I think anti-circumcision (male) activists ought to be convinced to work for something more important--say ferret legalization, or something, I just think calling it "Judeo-Christian" is a stretch. However I'm willing to get proven wrong.Billy Oblivionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16282343088921248885noreply@blogger.com