Well Awa:
I have to comment on the mail that you sent to
Jennifer. First of all, it is my assumption that she
is not a Gambian and if so will obviously interpret
issues as graphically as possible to get the message
through. She is just being sympathic to a problem that
we as Africans are in most cases relunctant to deal
with. Girl, I think we as victims should be empowered
by comments like this and hopefully get the strenght
to act on it. It is not her problem to confront our
elders about this but its you and I(Gambians) who
should rally against this. Even though you're been
through this horrible process, it seems like you are
in denial and felt that it should still be a
hush-hush.How about you give the lady a break and
gather the strenght to talk to your people about this
issue. It is us who needs to convince our elderly not
Jennifer.STOP BEING IGNORANT, ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE
EMPOWERED, AND GET YOUR PEOPLE EDUCATED.........
--- awa joeque <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jennifer
>
> I hope that you do not take this personnally, but
> your responses to the
> above subject looks like you're either not a Gambian
> or if you are, you've
> been away from that country for long.  As much as
> I'm against female
> circumcision - I do not think that you should be
> going on and on about
> cutting off this and cutting off that.  Jennifer I'm
> sure that there are
> many, many sisters in this forum that are affected
> by this practice (this
> also include our mothers and grandmothers)- so
> please give us a break and
> know that this subject has been dealt with on this
> very forum before.
>
> Jennifer, I think that I'm in a better position to
> give you the most graphic
> detail of this operation - you know why - because I
> am a VICTIM.  And let me
> tell you that writing or debating this on the NET
> won't change a thing
> because technology is not within the reach of these
> folks.  Go to the
> villages and Towns where this is practise and
> educate the folks out there
> rather than sitting in your comfy room with all mod
> cons telling us what to
> do on the NET.
>
>
>
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