Banjo:
I agree wholeheartedly with you and strongly advocate
that the laws pertaining to the prevention of this
barbaric ritual be implemented and enforced to the max.

Any individual or group who insist on continuing this
gross sexual assault on children in the name of religion
or customary practice, should be dealt with accordingly
and either imprisoned, or in the case of immigrants
expelled from this country.

The similar customary "traditional mutilation" of
members of the Aboriginal race should likewise be
prevented by implementation of the law and the use
of continuing education to prevent further these
outrageous acts of barbarism.

One would have to wonder what sort of people could
allow their very own children to be butchered this
way in the name of tradition or religion?

Crackcup: << One would have to wonder what sort of people could allow their very own children to be butchered this way in the name of tradition or religion? >>

Interesting question. I suspect that they do it for much the same misguided reasons that many in our society have their infant male children circumcised, i.e. they believe that it is necessary and good for the child, and because they had the same mutilation performed on them.

As I said before, I think that laws against FGM should be enforced. I also think genital surgery on boys should be banned unless there is a specific medical indication.

Careful, runner.

>>The practice is barbaric but not nearly as much as abortion. At least these poor little girls still have their lives.<<

Your relativism is showing.

Crackcup,
Most everyone agrees that FGM is barbaric.

The question now is - How do we generate enough pressure to force politicians to enforce the laws?

I will continue to lobby politicians, but do not seem to be getting very far and I hope that others will do the same.

I will raise the matter whenever possible and write letters to the editor prior to elections as well.

What else can we do? The media and the public in general do not seem really interested. Even less so in forced marriages. I cannot understand this, as it is the torture of pretty little innocent Aussie girls we are talking about.

We may well have to wait until an unfortunate girl dies.

Banjo:
One has to wonder where all the moral principles of our
society have gone to? The public gets all wound up
over the issues of paedaphilia, but remains strangely
silent on these issues of Genital Mutilation.

Maybe the issue only becomes an important issue
when it is affecting individual`s own particular family
members, or if there is a perceived threat from a nearby
unsavoury resident, ie:recently released convicted
paedaephile, as has occured in recent times.

The human race is a very peculiar species and it reacts
very strangely in responding to issues that can have a
devastating effect upon its own offspring, as compared
to the effect upon other members offspring,...it actually
demonstrates the great variance in thought between differing
participants in this great journey through life.

Crackcup: Simply put,any issue that involves Muslim or Islam must be handled in a PC manner. That is why boat people or underage marriages or even multiple wives don't get general public debate because we might "offend them" by disagreeing with them.
No, I am not racist but believe that the Koran is not a book of peace or love like the Christian Bible.
Child molesters seem to cover a broad spectrum of men (and women) when I've never heard in Australian society 10 yrs ago girls being subject to FGM.