Ditto Bamba!! Could anyone believe that I have not read a single submission
on this topic? I casually erase them as I see them. I did read the stories
on the Imams though.

I have always held the belief that FGM, like some traditions ought to change
with the time and environment of the people who practice it. Afterall,
tradition is linked with time and circumstance.

However, the best way to convince someone to abandon a tradition is to
educate and offer alternative solutions to the reasons for the tradition. It
is inflammatory to reject and diemeonize them and it is couterproductive
even though your sentiments are well placed.
>From: Bamba Laye Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Jennifer>>Re: My thoughts!
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 05:30:46 -0700
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>Jennifer,
>
>Thanks for your insights and thoughtfulness on this issue. It is no
>surprise
>to me that you encountered bouts of senseless incoherent attacks for
>expressing your opinion based on your experience of such a sensitive issue.
>Some of us will always live in denial. There is very little out there to
>change that. All I can tell you is that the conscientious readers form the
>majority on this list. So don't be discouraged by the attacks. Do what you
>believe to be in the best interest of all the victims and potential victims
>out there. To all my brothers and sisters out there, chew on the following:
>
>"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and
>cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with
>us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the
>earth for us an inhabited garden"
>
>        - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>
>
>Enjoy your day.
>
>
>Abdoulie A. Jallow
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