Excellent and I mean Excellent work!!!! Cheer to you, Michael !!! You are an inspiration to all human beings, of every culture whither they are; African, Arabic, Australian, Caucasian, Indonesian, Jewish, Mexican, or Malaysian. We as a whole group need to come together and educate ourselves and others on FGM. Until we do come together as a whole and make stand against FGM, we will sound like the same broken record; over and over again. This is just one of many things that need to be changed in all our cultures! FGM, is barbaric, Harona and in no way could a civilization or community for that matter depend on the practice of FGM! In no way should someone be able to look away or turn your back and or "shy away" from the pain and suffering theses innocent girls have to go through. In no way am I trying to deny someone of their cultural or traditional practices but FGM is one practice that needs to be stopped before more innocent girls are mutilated and killed for the sake of cultural tradition. Make a stand! Come together! It's up to US as a people, as a whole!!!! Sincerely, Jennifer Eidson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------