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« Reply #1 on: May 1st, 2008, 2:46pm » |
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its a muslim shrine ...that this happens 
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« Reply #2 on: May 1st, 2008, 3:23pm » |
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Thats just wrong. I don't know if I could throw my baby out of a burning building never mind off a tower for the hell of it.. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 1st, 2008, 3:44pm » |
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Wouldn't that scar them for life? Good Grief! 
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« Reply #4 on: May 1st, 2008, 3:47pm » |
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on May 1st, 2008, 3:44pm, Grandma_Sweet_Boy wrote:| Wouldn't that scar them for life? Good Grief! |
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It sure would cause me a lifetime of fear of hights. I probably would never get past the poing of just dropping off to sleep again!
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« Reply #5 on: May 1st, 2008, 3:58pm » |
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WTF is wrong with some people?
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« Reply #6 on: May 1st, 2008, 4:11pm » |
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I remember being told years ago that we are all born with two fears - the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises.
Imagine if that's true - how those poor little babies felt in that time it took to drop through the air.
To me it's child abuse.
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« Reply #7 on: May 1st, 2008, 4:27pm » |
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of course it is child abuse! poor little ones, they could end up with a brain injury!
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« Reply #8 on: May 1st, 2008, 4:39pm » |
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Is it Islam that teaches/sanctions this, or is it merely cultural stupidity?
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« Reply #9 on: May 1st, 2008, 4:54pm » |
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on May 1st, 2008, 4:39pm, Brew wrote:| Is it Islam that teaches/sanctions this, or is it merely cultural stupidity? |
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I suspect they are Hindi. Cultrual would be my guess. Kind of like wadeing in that cesspool to cleans them selves. LOL.
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« Reply #10 on: May 1st, 2008, 5:07pm » |
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The site that hosts the video you posted said they were Muslim.
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« Reply #11 on: May 1st, 2008, 5:29pm » |
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on May 1st, 2008, 5:05pm, john_d wrote:| Just wonder about the first person who came up with this brilliant idea. |
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The village idiot no doubt.....
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« Reply #12 on: May 1st, 2008, 5:37pm » |
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For fear of being blasted from here to the moon:
I'm not saying I'm not shocked or appaled by this, because I am. But...
Religious and cultural rituals still exist today.
How many men here were circumsized as an infant, and has it scarred you mentally for life? How many have given consent to have their infant son's circumsized?
Just a thought to think on.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #13 on: May 1st, 2008, 6:21pm » |
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 , there seems to be quite an art in catching the child on the first bounce. not sure it would be so shocking if you had been "given longer life" at that age. i'am very glad i missed the experience. andrew. edited to add a full stop.
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« Reply #14 on: May 1st, 2008, 7:19pm » |
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Hindu participants in the hotair version of the same story. The breitbart version said Hindu and Muslim so it must be cultural. I guess if you don't have NASCAR, you need to come up with something else to watch. I imagine it would be even more exciting than most other sports, as long as it isn't my kid at risk.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/28/video-indian-villagers-boost-infan ts-health-by-doing-what-must-be-done/
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« Reply #15 on: May 1st, 2008, 7:26pm » |
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That's sad man, really sad!!!
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« Reply #16 on: May 1st, 2008, 7:45pm » |
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,best practice says its wrong. but who are we to interfere ? it's a cultural norm, make a law banning it, and you'll have a lot of folk poping prescribed pills, . to help with virtigo, . andrew.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #17 on: May 1st, 2008, 11:21pm » |
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Gotta get kids hooked up when they're very young so they don't see how incredibly idiotic this kind of thing is.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #18 on: May 2nd, 2008, 12:37am » |
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I think we stand on shaky ground when we start making value judgements of cultural or religious traditions that differ from our own.
When it comes to damaging children for life ... well, sadly, every culture has a plethora of ways to do that.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #19 on: May 2nd, 2008, 8:56am » |
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on May 2nd, 2008, 12:37am, nani wrote:I think we stand on shaky ground when we start making value judgements of cultural or religious traditions that differ from our own.
When it comes to damaging children for life ... well, sadly, every culture has a plethora of ways to do that.
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So that makes it taboo for us to condemn dropping babies when we see it?
Part of me wants to say, "Damn straight I'm going to make a value judgement. It's WRONG. Not really concerned who I offend."
The other part says that there's a Darwinian component to a culture that drops its babies. Eventually the practice will go away.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #20 on: May 2nd, 2008, 9:55am » |
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on May 2nd, 2008, 12:37am, nani wrote:I think we stand on shaky ground when we start making value judgements of cultural or religious traditions that differ from our own.
When it comes to damaging children for life ... well, sadly, every culture has a plethora of ways to do that.
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Yea, the practice of female "circumsision" is just ducky!
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #21 on: May 2nd, 2008, 10:37am » |
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Who here didn't think Michael Jackson needed someone to interfere when he held his baby son out of a window?
And why is this different?
They have "Suttee" in India too where a widow is expected to throw herself onto her husbands funeral pyre and if she doesn't she is an outcast.
Just because its "cultural" doesn't mean it isn't abominable or wrong.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #22 on: May 2nd, 2008, 3:26pm » |
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Woe, circumcision is violence. this is some bizzar cultural celebration, the catcher could have had the same experience and may be the grandfather of the child. i think its dangerous and stupid, but i'am not sure i have a right to stop it. andrew.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #23 on: May 2nd, 2008, 3:33pm » |
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on May 2nd, 2008, 3:26pm, andrewjb wrote:| Woe, circumcision is violence. this is some bizzar cultural celebration, the catcher could have had the same experience and may be the grandfather of the child. i think its dangerous and stupid, but i'am not sure i have a right to stop it. andrew. |
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It is also a cultural practice. Dosen't make it right.
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Re: This is messed up!
« Reply #24 on: May 2nd, 2008, 6:12pm » |
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on May 2nd, 2008, 12:37am, nani wrote:
When it comes to damaging children for life ... well, sadly, every culture has a plethora of ways to do that.
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totally agree nani ....
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