"You know me as James Chartrand of Men with Pens, a regular Copyblogger contributor for just shy of two years. And yet, I’m a woman."
- Louis Gray
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Thanks for heads up & link for TechnoGirlTalk podcast. I was blown away by James' story.
- Denise Aday
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- David Chartier
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Arkansas Times - Boy Refuses to stand for pledge of allegiance until "liberty and justice for all" is also given to the gay community. - http://www.arktimes.com/article...
"In recent years, Laura Phillips said, they've been trying to be a straight ally to the gay community, going to the pride parades and standing up for the rights of their gay and lesbian neighbors. They've been especially dismayed by the effort to take away the rights of homosexuals – the right to marry, and the right to adopt. Given that, Will immediately saw a problem with the pledge of allegiance. On Monday, Oct. 5, when the other kids in his class stood up to recite the pledge of allegiance, he remained sitting down."
- Rachel Lea Fox
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"The class had a substitute teacher that week, a retired educator from the district, who knew Will's mother and grandmother. Though the substitute tried to make him stand up, he respectfully refused. He did it again the next day, and the next day. Each day, the substitute got a little more cross with him. On Thursday, it finally came to a head. The teacher, Will said, told him that she...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
"Will was sent to the office, where he was given an assignment to look up information about the flag and what it represents. Meanwhile, the principal called his mother. “She said we have to talk about Will, because he told a sub to jump off a bridge,” Laura Phillips said. “My first response was: Why? He's not just going to say this because he doesn't want to do his math work.”...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
"At the end of our interview, I ask young Will a question that might be a civics test nightmare for your average 10-year-old. Will's answer, though, is good enough — simple enough, true enough — to give me a little rush of goose pimples. What does being an American mean? “Freedom of speech,” Will says, without even stopping to think. “The freedom to disagree. That's what I think pretty much being an American represents.” Somewhere, Thomas Jefferson smiles."
- Rachel Lea Fox
What a principled stand...uh sit...for a kid that young to take!
- Spidra Webster
"Though many of his friends at school have told him they support his decision, those who don't have been unkind, and louder. “They [the kids who don't support him] are much more crazy, and out of control and vocal about it than supporters are.” Given that his protest is over the rights of gays and lesbians, the taunts have taken a predictable bent. “In the lunchroom and in the hallway,...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
While I don't agree with the phrasing he used to the sub teacher, in everything else I support this little guy!
- Rachel Lea Fox
At least he told the sub to jump off the bridge respectfully? I admire him for his determination and civil disobedience.
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, exactly. If it were my kid, he would have apologized for the wording he used but also stated that it is his right to not stand. And like his mother I would have expected an apology back from the teacher. I wonder if she has since offered one up or not?
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the kid could have used a lot more colorful language in the heat of the moment. If the teacher had lost her patience, how can anyone expect the kid to have kept his?
- Yolanda
Yolanda. His language isn't a big deal, just brings down what he is trying to do a little. A 10 year old shouldn't talk to an adult that way. It's fine that he did, we all do, but he should recognize his mistake. Because everything else he stands for is AWESOME, I just hate that there is a little blemish there that someone who doesn't want to listen to the rest of his phrasing can just...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
I personally don't see a blemish in this at all. The teacher was hounding him. He responded as a 10 year old does. Hell I know 30 and 40 year olds who act worse and use coarser language in business meetings.
- Uncle CW™
Ok, seriously... the language is not a big deal. I'm looking at it from a PR point of view and I've seen these tiny things blow up before. But it's just my opinion and its not a big deal. And for those of us to totally believe in what this kid is saying, it should not be a point of debate.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I seriously want to congratulate this kid on standing up (or sitting down) for what he believes! It is totally awesome!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
aswsomeeeeeeeeeeee.. 3thumbs up !! but I also wonder how a 10yr old knows the difference between gay rights and hetrosexual rights ?? Generally..thats something 10'yr old kids are not interested in...
- Peter Dawson
Peter, the child's family is heavily involved with their neighbors who are homosexual. In doing this I'm sure he has learned the difference. Also children learn injustice very early. They know it when they see it.
- Uncle CW™
The article says that the kids family has been going to pride parades and march's supporting their friends. Also the family talks a lot about what things mean. At 10, he wants to be a laywer so he is already interested in rights.
- Rachel Lea Fox
@Rachel, yep I hear you.. the family is heavily invovled with the gay groups etc.. but most 10yr kid(boys) are interested in skareboards/ gameboy /or whatever else they do kinda thing.. Human Rights and standing up for "freedom to disagree" - is not the typical behaviour.. wishing there were more like him around :0-
- Peter Dawson
10 years old more brains and guts than wishy washy adults who just go along to get along imagine the "gay" crap he must put up with when he walks the halls...
- WarLord
actaully a tip of the hat to his parents too !!
- Peter Dawson
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- Andrea Kalli
Alas... I think it's the only sexy thing in this picture... and that's saying something...
- Johnny Worthington
Dude, no receipt required, sexyness has been achieved, well played! Oh and btw: that orange wall behind you looks exactly like my sons room! (see: http://twitpic.com/4ia78)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Are u kidding me? They Gave You the Nobel Peace Prize? Really? Sorry to ask Mr. President, but Do you even know the definition of the word "Peace" sir? Just Look At Your Face In The Mirror And Ask Yourself how often you Really Think About Other People in other Countries? You Can't even Get Your Troops Out Of Iraq and the whole world is wondering whether you guys are just staying there 4...
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- +Holy Killer+
Especially when you know he is responsible for the murder of Hundreds of My innocent Brothers And Sisters… Just Because You're preoccupied with the Oil in Iran And Fear they might make an atomic bomb one of these days and pass it on to Hamas & Hizbollah to use against Israel doesn't give you the right to remain silent. You know what Mr. President? I Don't Believe in your Audacity of...
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- +Holy Killer+
Totally agree with Holy Killer. now that you have won the prize, you can at least start doin somethin to show you deserve it.... and that somethin better be good Sir ;-) you see... the world needs to be reassured...over and over again!
- Miss Self-Abort
Hey Mr. President! I'm not agree with Holly Killer and the others. Now would you grant me a green card for being nice and supportive? :D
- AutoBioFeeder
حاج مهدی سلام . خوبی شما؟ به انگلیسی از اوباما بپرس جریان اختراع دینامیت رو می دونه یا نه :دی
- وانا
آن که نامش بود باراک ، هست بی عرضه و با چاک
- وانا
بچهها ببینم میتونیم یه کاری کنیم که جمیعا از اینجا پرتمون کنن بیرون و بلاک حتی :دی خیلی علاقه دارم از جانب یه سیاستمدار برنده جایزه نوبل بلاک شم حتی :دی
- Miss Self-Abort
Interesting that the vast majority of the discussion in this thread concerning an American president's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize is in Farsi.
- Itachi
يعني يه سيخ و منقل هم پيدا نميشه! اينا كه كلي ادعا دارن...! شام هم كه ندارن! حالا نگفتيد باراك چه كاره است؟ تو مايكروسافت كار ميكنه؟ اسمش آشناستها...
- hadi kh
that's cause Iranians are a huge majority on the net Mohomed ;-)
- Miss Self-Abort
Mr President when ever you want to answer me just call me and tell my secretary you won Nobel !he will let you go through my private line!
- موسوی phouzhanمیر
Hi Mr President, I am great Iranian political analyst and I want to help you.(One of my works is predicting Iran election that you can find it on my blog). My mother say I one day become a great person and I think that day is come. for more information make comment in my blog. I will contact with you.
- Darieh
I wonder, do people actually think President Obama reads their comments here?
- Stephen Mack
oh sir!i need to have an american greencard..oom..so you know,we are now friends in friend feed..dear barack can you help me? :D
- "lefthanded"® as judge
میشه دوستام رو هم بیارم؟البته اینا بر میگردن،اما من می مونم،میشل جان خوبن ضمناً؟!بچه هم قد ما هم نداری ازدواج کنیم! می دونی ازدواج یه ارانی تر تبار با یه آمریکایی آفریقایی تبار باعث میشه بچه اینا با هیچ کدوم از این نژاد ها نجنگه!تو فیلم روبان قرمز می گفت به خدا!//جناب مترجم کبابت می کنم اگه سانسور کنی!
- "lefthanded"® as judge
بعد اینکه من می دونم این پیام منو پخش نمی کنید! اما ما از مدیران آب و فاضلاب شهرستان هردنبیل آباد می خوایم به آب و فاضلاب اینجا رسیدگی کنن،آسفالت هم نداریم،من هم ی کارم!
- "lefthanded"® as judge
تجمع اعتراضآمیز به همدستی رژیم اشغالگر نروژ با استکبار جهانی فردا 10 صبح از روبهروی منزل آقای شریعتمداری به سمت دفتر کیهان برگزار میشود
- Darth Farhad Sama
دوستان کارمون تمومه فید اوباما رو خراب می کنید فردا بهمون حمله می کنه اون موقع باید احمدی نژادی بشیم :دی
- Lord hozeh
Don't be shy, step up and support your leader.
- Joe
the majority of Iranians hate A.N. and that's why we don't think President Obama deserved this noble cause he closed his eyes to all recent incidents in here
- Darth Farhad Sama
We didn't close our eyes to anything - only Iranians can change their government - not us.
- Joe
ای ملت رئیس جمهور ندیده :)))) بابا اکانت توییترش را کسی اضافه کرده به فرندفید حالا ملتی به شما می خندند که اینها چقدر جدی گرفته اند
- farzaam
then stop negotiating with our criminal government!
- Darth Farhad Sama
فرهاد جون عالیه...بحثو به جای منم ادامه بده
- blind_owl
Stop complaining and continue to attempt make a change in your own country.
- Joe
@فرزام: چقدرم ملت جدی گرفتن!!! بابا دهن فید رو سرویس کردیم با این مدل کامنت ها!
- علی آقا
Stop looking around for someone else to do what your society needs to do on its own.
- Joe
We're already doing that Joe, risking our lives going to streets and protest in every available event! what else do you expect? start an open war with 100000 fully armed IRGC military force with near 2.500.000 Basiji militia?!
- Darth Farhad Sama
u r in the road that carter was before
- Liquid Soul
Hey joe what's wrong with you? Hah?
- Mr.Chocolate
Thank you PEOPLE of America! but we're not talking about people ! it's your President who is now helping A.N boasting about major political victories and helping our government divert the point of attention away from the Crisis at hand
- Darth Farhad Sama
You are talking about the person we elected to represent us.
- Joe
OK. Obama is so much better that Bush... but the question is: does he really deserve the noble prize?
- علی آقا
The question is : does he deserve all the disrespect people have shown him on this thread?
- Joe
so do we of ours for Mousavi and Karoubi! it's our lives at stake here and your elected president started a peace talk with a criminal and illegitimate dictatorship government!
- Darth Farhad Sama
Obama did nothing to bring the peace to the world? He just talked about the peace... but what happened? are the U.S Troops out of Iraq and Afghanestan now?
- علی آقا
دمت گرم مستر شکلات عزیز...داری با طرف بحث میکنی که نوبل حق کروبی بود:)))
- blind_owl
اي بابا... ولي خودمونيمها، اين جايزه نوبل مسخره تر از اين حرفا شده! حتي حيفه كه به يكي مثل كروبي اين جايزه رو بدن! همين كه به يكي مثل اوباماي تازه كار دادن، خودش حسّابي اين جايزه رو خز كرده!
- hadi kh
یا االله ... یا الله . خانوما چارقدشون رو سر کنن ، حاج آقا جنت مکان اومدن واسه سخنرانی
- وانا
خداييش ديگه اين يارو مترجه "چارقدر" رو نميتونه ترجمه كنه! =))))
- hadi kh
DrHussein you Arzeshi bros are always amazing! although I support Palestine too it doesn't mean you have to kill someone to support another! stop with your 30 years of nonexistence enemy of IRI already!
- Darth Farhad Sama
جناب هادی خ @ دست کم نگیرید این ملت جاسوس را . اینا حتی میدونن برو خونتون کنایه از چیست . مثل ما نیستند که برای علافی فرفرگردی کنند
- راحیل
اوباما جایزه صلح نوبل میگیرد، دقیقا بعد از اینکه تصویب میکنند نیروهای آمریکایی فعلا در عراق و افغانستان بمانند :) / چه جايزهي مسخرهاي، چه جايزهگيرندهي مسخرهتري!
- hadi kh
فحش ناموس هم می شه داد؟ سلام منو به دختر خانوم کلینتون برسونید
- مرحوم محمدمسيح
آلفرد نوبل زمانی که برادرش لودویگ فوت شد، روزنامهها اشتباهاً فکر کردند که نوبل معروف (مخترع دینامیت) مرده است. آلفرد وقتی صبح روزنامه ها را میخواند با دیدن آگهی صفحه اول، میخکوب شد: "آلفرد نوبل، دلال مرگ و مخترع مرگ آور ترین سلاح بشری مرد!" آلفرد، خیلی ناراحت شد. با خود فکر کرد: آیا خوب است که من را پس از مرگ این گونه بشناسند؟ سریع وصیت نامهاش را آورد. جملههای بسیاری را خط زد و...
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- hadi kh
It's funny how an Iranian is counting himself among the Americans and referring to them as us....
- Miss Self-Abort
But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build -- a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action -- a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.
- Buddy press
آخه این چه رفتار زشتی بود که با جو داشتین آخه .می خواستم جورش کنم بیاد منو بگیره که دور بعدی بتونم به میس تر پیس -اسپلش:پی آی دابل اس - رای بدم.. نامردا خدا ازتون نگذره!
- Mahsa
ما بازم دیر رسیدم ولی دریافت جایزه نوبل رو به جناب اوباما تبریک عرض میکنم و البته من هم با آقای متکی موافقم! دریافت این جایزه برای آقای اوباما زود بود و بهتر این بود که این جایزه رو به احمدی نژاد می دادن به پاس جنایات و فجایع قبل و بعد انتخابات
- Mohammad Mirzaie
I just like this writing but i do not understand what they mean! cool but atleast i can read and understand f.ahmadinejad, which is funny. hey! visit my site http://www.vinonagroup.com
- VinonaGroupServicesUSA
آقا مبارکه Congratulation Sir فقط but لطفا pls حمایت کن از دموکراسی support democrasi :D:D
- Jan Valjan
Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama - good. Now the goals --- 1. stop Iraq devastating costly colonial occupation war. --- 2. stop Afghanistan occupation war. --- 3. Cut US military budget of $1 trillion to $300 billion a year. http://costofwar.com. China military budget is $60 bill a year .. China has a surplus of $2 trillion, US, by wild capitalism de-investing and industries...
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- Petr Buben
First Black President of the United States *check* Inspiring kids in the US and around the world (including Africa) *check* Trying to change the political landscape in one of the most important democratic nations in the world *check* Starting up or rebuilding dialog with friends and enemies *check*... Yep, I have no idea either...
Sadly, a lot of Americans don't understand international relationships and they don't care about it.
- Rene Wirtz
Jay, "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
- Travis Koger
The Committee Chairmen stated that they wanted to "encourage his work in reducing nuclear proliferation," among other things. In other words, it's not for stuff he's done, but to encourage him to behave a certain way in the future.
- Mistletoe Glen
So............ 5 politicians from Norway made a grandiose decision laced with politics........................... WELL I FOR ONE AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELLS YA.......
- Johnny Worthington
This is do or die time for the USA: if they keep alienating themselves from the rest of the world, it will end very very badly, hence this encouragement for Obama, do what you said you would do and we will support you.
- Rene Wirtz
Kitty in Spider Pelt - It's all the rage this year!! The fur I'm using in building my spider is apparently interesting to Indiana. She thinks she should wear it! Goofy kitty!
I love them at that age! I am so jealous. love the bebehs.
- holly
Thanks all. These are the same photos I put into my first post yesterday, I just figured I'd put them on flickr for non friendfeeders. More iphone photos of these guys are in my feed including this set: http://friendfeed.com/kitteh...#foxfosterkittens
- Rachel Lea Fox
Not disagreeing, but I did have bing solve a 15 year mystery for me: http://friendfeed.com/dariusm... - So I think that does prevent it from being wiped from the face of the planet tonight.
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew: That's good to hear and encouraging.
- Mark Evans
Alas, proof of why I don't follow Guy Kawasaki. He games social media.
- Joe Manna
@Joe, agree, I stopped following Guy when I had a palm-head moment after finding out he has a team gaming the system for him. In my opinion, not much better than a spammer.
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
Louis, it is the same thing on twitter in that if I add certain keywords to my update I will soon get some followers relating to the keyword, like coffee or Chicago, two recent examples. Bots are the new Orwellian regime, monitoring everything we say on the social. ;) I, for one, welcome our new Bot overlords!
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
That doesn't look like something Guy would do...maybe I'm wrong. Look out for spammers though.
- Amir
from iPod
"There is no better way to create, test, and modify Twitter-based marketing than ObjectiveMarketer. If you’re going to take heat for using Twitter as tool, you might as well do it well." - Guy Kawasaki
- Chris Baskind
How did this post make it past my -"Guy Kawasaki" filter?! Oh I see - it's an image.
- Ken Morley
Ha! How true. The video hit the nail on the head. The ads in FB do need some improvement. However I don't know that we will be seeing this any time soon as it doesn't seem to be on top of their priority list right now.
- Adriana
I just returned to Facebook after a long vacation from the mess, and it still looks like a dog's dinner to me, which is actually insulting to dog food these days. Perhaps the better analogy would be to MySpace, which it reminds me of, too. (And yes, I could have replied over there, but I'd rather be here on FriendFeed...)
- Linda Mills
Yea nobody that good looking would be looking for me! I mean, you would think the 100th time they have presented that and I have not clicked they would try something new. I can not belive it is the FB technology, it must be the recession is worse than we realize and niche advertisers are in thier funding bunkers.
- Chad Harris
Zoey leaves us tomorrow! We have done our job and Zoey has come a long way since coming to us. She is now a love bug who is ready for her own home. She is still not great on first meetings, but I think she will do fine. However before she goes, I thought I would try a few of the Halloween costumes I have on her. Here are the results.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Anne, I have determined that cats HATE the wings. The adult cats get really annoyed and the kittens think they have lost the functionality of their front legs and flop or try and drag themselves around. Zoey couldn't really figure out what to do.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, then maybe they are best for inexperienced kittens only! They are lovely, nonetheless.
- Anne Bouey
zomg, how cute! I imagine they fussed quite a bit...brats! :) Very cool outfits and the photos are all nice and artsy too. :)
- Josh Haley
Josh, just the one kitten, Zoey. She is really mellow so she didn't fuss as much as past kittens I have tried this with have, but she did fuss some. The pumpkin body was the one least liked, followed by the wings (but only because they think something has happened to their legs and can't walk right). She doesn't seem to mind things on her head too much, but I was pushing my luck near the end.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Nice. Give their whiskers a trim and watch them bump into everything. KIDDING!
- Josh Haley
Awww, Rachel, sorry that Zoey's time with you is over already.
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, me too, and we missed part of it since she stayed with Cy & Athena while we were away for the 4th. But she has come a long way and she really needs a home of her own!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Working on Zoey's evaluation sheet. This is the sad/hard part now. I always hate giving them back even though I know I can't keep my foster kittens and I know Zoey is destined for a great home. I will just miss her so much, she is such a sweet wonderful little kitten. :'(
- Rachel Lea Fox
A whole kitty came and went at your place without me getting a chance to stop by and say hi. :-(
- Paul Wilcox
Paul, no worries! There will be more. In fact I'm hoping real hard to get some more right away. Indy and Nym are used to kitten now and I don't like to lose the momentum if I don't have to.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Zoey was a real success story. She came to us pretty terrified of all other cats since her siblings used to beat her up, and she wasn't too interested in people. Before she left yesterday she was chasing Indiana's tail and crawling up to us to sleep in our laps. She's just adorable.
- Kevin Fox
UPDATE: Zoey was adopted!!! We noticed she wasn't on the online listing a couple days ago, but when I went in to pick up our new little boy I double checked and she was adopted by a couple who were very excited to have her! Yay Zoey!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the "seam" is a reflection of a building (or table) in the bubble.
- Private Sanjeev
They have three (slightly larger) photos from the series the photographer took with one before and one after the photo above at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
- Dan Hsiao
He doesn't even know where his hands are yet, Trish.
- Tamar Weinberg
That's great, I need to get one for my son.. he just dictated his first post at one week old (http://mylescrew.blogspot.com/2009...). The translation was a bitch but the family back home is happy. Congrats and enjoy!!
- Chris Myles
I not only agree with Sarah's method, but I'm also a cheez it tosser myself.
- drew olanoff
Hey, we have a box of those. Now I'm off to raid the pantry.
- Ken Camp
It's not as fun to eat them unless you're surrounded by them!
- Tamara
It only gets better from here:) Are they walking yet?
- Michael Fidler
Drew, Ken and Tamara, you have good taste. Michael, they both stand. Matthew took 4 steps in a row today, but it still makes him nervous. Sarah has taken one or two in a row. We don't believe it counts until there is video, and you'll get it here first.
- Louis Gray
tap...tap...tap...we're waiting for that video!
- Anne Bouey
They're steps in the right direction. I'm looking forward to the video.
- Michael Fidler
I'm with Sarah. I like to do this kind of thing myself. Like squeezing all the toothpaste out of a giant sized tube or getting a new box of Kleenix and pulling them all out one by one. Maybe I should go buy some Cheez-Its. Naw, it'd have to be Cheese Nips. Cheez-Its are too good to waste.
- Dawn
Yup. That sounds about right. The old tried and true floor food consuming method. Both our kids mastered it. Luckily, they have moved on passed sofa food and straight on to carry it wherever I go food.
- Paul Puri
why not when so young don't have the limits :) To just have fun while you can, nice set of pictures.
- Ubuntu101
Agree Chris. Blogs are a part of social media IMHO. Blogs are a destination platform for 'socialising' (excuse the NZ English spelling) or environment for people to interact. See every 'comments' section at the end of a blog post.
- iconic88
@iconic88 you can also socialize content among blogs and platforms. It's awesome to carry conversations across media and communities/networks.
- Valeria Maltoni
Doing stuff like blogging! This just demonstrates how much education is still left to do about social media. We have a long way to go, and just when we get there, everything will change, again
- Ken Burbary
"Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday. "The way God made it, there is no part of a human body that is useless," President Yoweri Museveni told a gathering in the eastern Karamoja district. "Now you people interfere with God's work. Some say it is culture. Yes, I support culture but you must support culture that is useful and based on scientific information," he added. Last year, the United Nations passed a resolution that called female genital mutilation a violation of the rights of women and said it constituted "irreparable, irreversible abuse." The resolution also said female circumcision increases the risk of HIV transmission, as well as maternal and infant mortality. The UN estimates that between 100 million to 140 million worldwide have undergone the practice."
- Anne Bouey
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