Uganda bans female circumcision

[ER]

All right, Uganda, lol!

Sent to me by my cousin, Magda, who works for Amnesty International, within the United Kingdom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7672236.stm

And may I say this practice is reason 1,556 why I am so glad I was born in America? 

[ghouck]

I agree, Kudos for Uganda. I can not imagine anything more barbaric than that practice. It isone of the few things that make me truly cringe when I hear it mentioned.

[BoyScoutKevin]

It's about time. I just hope the other countries, where it is legal, follow Uganda's lead and ban it as well.

[Patient7]

Nice work Uganda.

[AndyC]

Good news, for sure.

"Female circumcision" is about the stupidest euphemism I've ever heard, for a practice that is in no way analogous to male circumcision, other than involving a sharp instrument applied to the naughty bits. The male equivalent to this would be chopping the head off with a rusty kitchen knife.

It's a sobering thought that such practices are still going on in other parts of the world.

[ghouck]

The male equivalent to this would be chopping the head off with a rusty kitchen knife.

You forgot to mention how they stop the bleeding afterward: Cauterization. No, that's not a joke, that crap is F-ing brutal.