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. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------