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| 2004-08-24 |
| Immigrant Muslims have their panties in a bunch again, yet again demanding that the host country modify its habits in order to satisfy the "modesty" of people recently catapulted through time from the year 600. What is it with these Muslims and their obsession with women's underwear? Only a few months ago, I wrote in "The Panty Jihad" (published in FrontPage Magazine on June 15) that some self-appointed Muslim spokesmen in a British town were wailing to the skies about the underwear firm of Sloggi, which posted stylized panty ads on a billboard near a mosque. A slanging match ensued, with the Muslims enjoying the advantage of British Labour government protection from having to hear anything unpleasant about their religion or "culture." [sic.] After well, slogging it out for a couple of rounds, Sloggi conceded and took its panties down. Now, it's hospital gowns in the United States. The hospital that has found itself scrambling to accommodate Muslim women, and the acute sensibilities of Muslim males, is the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. The refugees in question are from Somalia, where a little girl spread-eagled on a table and held down screaming by several adult women while someone snips off her genitals so she will never experience sexual desire or fulfillment is presumably not regarded as "immodest" in their "culture." [sic.] |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Catholic Charities are moving Somalis into Fort Wayne as well. I guess I am glad to see any Somalis make it out of Somalia even if I pay more property tax. The group we are getting are decendents from Bantu tribesmen that ended up in Somalia as slaves. The American Midwest has a better record of assimilating diverse racial and ethnic people when compared with the record of the Horn of Africa. We'll watch the donkeys. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-25 12:38:21 AM |
| #7 Bobbitting-That is a definite improvement on terminology. There's not an American around who would mistake what it means. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-24 3:12:50 PM |
| #6 Jules wrote:"Clitorectomy is not akin to male circumcision; it is akin to male castration. The organ of sexual pleasure is cut off. " I think a more accurate term would be Female Bobbitting. (A joke about an extremely serious problem) |
| Posted by: penguin 2004-08-24 2:59:11 PM |
| #5 I do agree that hospital gowns could use a redesign in general, not just for Muslim modesty. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-08-24 2:42:27 PM |
| #4 "...a woman who has been surgically rendered asexual through circumcision - not an Islamic practice but one that flourishes in Islamic societies - will have no desire to stray and cause the husband to lose face - or make demands he can’t fullfil. " Well said. One note though-use of the word "circumcision" is not exactly accurate. Clitorectomy is not akin to male circumcision; it is akin to male castration. The organ of sexual pleasure is cut off. (But "asexual" pretty much communicates that.) BTW-3 1/2 years ago our town saw an influx of refugees from Somalia. They had big time culture shock-most of the women didn't know what an oven was for. Snow and cold weather rendered them stunned, and the concept of clocks was a complete mystery. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-24 10:52:50 AM |
| #3 LL: Same in London SE3 - they stole and ate the donkeys that were used for children's rides on Blackheath common. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-08-24 4:53:16 AM |
| #2 In the case of the Maine Somalis, they weren't "allowed," they were actively sought out and shipped over en masse thanks to the local Catholic social services. They are now a permanent and embittered subclass sucking up the scant resources of Maine's social welfare system. Just google on "lewiston" and "somali" and you'll find the whole story. |
| Posted by: longtime lurker 2004-08-24 4:43:20 AM |
| #1 My question is why were these people allowed to migrate in the first place? When your religion influences your health care your nuts. |
| Posted by: Trolling for Allan 2004-08-24 4:34:28 AM |