26 June 2008

Just a little off the top, huh?

Gotta say... I get queasy just thinkin' about this.
-- ZURICH, Switzerland -- A Swiss court has found the Somali-born parents of a teenage girl guilty of arranging the removal of their daughter's clitoris.

It is the first time a court in Switzerland has ruled on female circumcision.

The court in Zurich handed the parents each a two-year suspended prison sentence and ordered them to pay their daughter compensation to be determined later.
A suspended sentence.

That'll teach 'em.

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RELATED: Meanwhile, back in the GTA
"But in a collective honour-based society, if one person loses his or her honour, then the whole family, clan or village loses its honour, too."
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