tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post4925626945016249498..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: when the time comessusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-80824825120660217042013-11-03T07:26:01.880-08:002013-11-03T07:26:01.880-08:00Thanks, Sean. I know this has been a cause you'...Thanks, Sean. I know this has been a cause you've supported for a long time.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-55271221672238499042013-11-02T16:01:32.756-07:002013-11-02T16:01:32.756-07:00Good on you.Good on you.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-18439436779945726452013-10-29T10:42:10.443-07:002013-10-29T10:42:10.443-07:00Thanks, Tom. When I first learned about the scope ...Thanks, Tom. When I first learned about the scope of this practice I was staggered. It is indeed something people need to be aware of so it can be stopped.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-36864375317437264972013-10-29T10:39:13.280-07:002013-10-29T10:39:13.280-07:00It was one of those very important topics that had...It was one of those very important topics that had been completely unknown to me until the events I told Tom about. How people could be so callous as to perpetrate pain and disfigurement on their daughters is beyond my comprehension too.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-24433164425183816942013-10-29T01:41:27.024-07:002013-10-29T01:41:27.024-07:00I think you were right to draw attention to this p...I think you were right to draw attention to this problem, Susan. Such matters must never be ignored, swept under the carpet. If we collude in that practice, nothing will get done to help these people. As for your story of the five-year-old girl, it was unspeakable. When I think back to my own three daughters when they were that age...... words fail me.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-3762157991738464802013-10-28T20:16:31.739-07:002013-10-28T20:16:31.739-07:00Excellent and even beautiful film, though yes, it&...Excellent and even beautiful film, though yes, it's a very difficult and painful subject. Your story of the five year girl is also deeply disturbing and shocking. These women do need our support and encouragement while we need to change those men's twisted minds. Then there are all the rapes in so many countries.... make me cry.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-48002373101411993562013-10-28T18:33:54.908-07:002013-10-28T18:33:54.908-07:00I'm not quite sure whether I was right in post...I'm not quite sure whether I was right in posting this, Tom, as I realize it's a very difficult subject to discuss or even think about. Some years ago I was friends with a young Egyptian-American doctor who took her five year old daughter to meet her family in Cairo where she was attending a conference. Leaving the child with her grandmother my friend went to the meeting. When she returned the little girl had been mutilated. I've never forgotten her grief or the guilt she was tormented by after that event.<br /><br />Thank you so much for writing in support of these women.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-79275685582506161772013-10-28T12:38:39.182-07:002013-10-28T12:38:39.182-07:00An ongoing story of great courage. I suppose if I...An ongoing story of great courage. I suppose if I allow my baser side to get an airing, and since the old man who spoke suggested one should feel pain when passing into adulthood, perhaps the removal of the men's genitalia might have focused some minds. Yes, I know it's not the way forward, but the holding down of one group of people by another always makes me feel anger, particularly when the enslaved - and it is a form of slavery - are women. I think I'd better stop at that point.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com