Tragedy: Gaza baby-milk-smuggling tunnel collapses; militant milkmen squashed

By see-dubya  •  August 3, 2008 10:42 PM

Remember the baby-milk smuggling tunnel I blogged about back here?

Well, um, oops.

In other news from under over the Egyptian border, there is a move on to reduce female circumcision:

“I hear that girls suffer not just physically but psychologically,” the 31-year-old Mohammed said. “But I am afraid. I don’t want my daughters to have uncontrollable demands for sex.”

Such doubts are significant. With vigorous grass-roots campaigns and the passage of tough laws against circumcision, Egypt seems to be making a dent in this deeply ingrained practice, thousands of years old. The number of young girls circumcised is now steadily declining in a country where an estimated 96 percent of married Egyptian women have had their genitals cut.

I’m thrilled that it’s less common, and yet I’m repulsed and horrified that it still even exists.

That would be like reading a triumphant headline noting that fatal bear attacks dropped from five thousand to four thousand in Montana this year. That’s great, but dude: there’s still thousands of fatal bear attacks going on. You have a bear problem.

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  1. #1
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Peaceful coexistence is NOT an option.

  2. #2
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm, vsatt said:

    Gee, I don’t want any of my kids, male or female (note how no one’s taking a knife to the boys over there) to be promiscuous, but I’m not cutting of their body parts to better my chances.

    But hey, why stop there? I don’t want them to grow up and be thieves either. Maybe I should go ahead and cut off their hands now as a preventive measure.

  3. #3
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm, gandolphxx said:

    Thes folks had to have been considered weird even in the 7th century – what is the problem with these males?

  4. #4
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 pm, scottthong said:

    Dig Dug as the teaser image?

    Dead giveaway it’s See-Dubya posting on this!

  5. #5
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    N.O.W where are you???!

  6. #6
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 pm, wise_man said:

    Just to see what would happen, I opened up a tab with this video playing, and then went to read the linked story.

    It wasn’t like watching the wizard of OZ with the sound of along with the pink floyd record … but it was a close second.

    Sorta.

  7. #7
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm, katieanne said:

    I wonder if these marvelous, loving fathers who mutilate their daughters are considered moderate Muslims. If so, just how much worse are the radicals?

  8. #8
    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 pm, atheling said:

    Where’s Rusty to defend FGM in the Muslim world? He’s the champion of the right to mutilate women’s genitals.

  9. #9
    On August 4th, 2008 at 12:31 am, Marc said:

    Don’t expect that Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times will cover the story of female mutilation in Egypt or human rights violations in Gaza. A few weeks ago, Kristof visited Gaza and the West Bank and found no human rights violations by the Palestinians or any Arabs. Instead, he wrote of the latest crimes that he accused Israel of committing. Regarding the Hamas tactic of surrounding the village where an entire clan lives in Gaza and murdering members of the clan and imprisoning and torturing others, Kristof has nothing to say. Regarding female mutilation in the Arab world, Kristof is silent. His only interst is in lambasting Israel. It figures that Kristof would wind up at the New York Times where he is treated like he is the second coming of Mahatma Gandhi.

  10. #10
    On August 4th, 2008 at 12:41 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On August 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm, gandolphxx said:
    Thes folks had to have been considered weird even in the 7th century – what is the problem with these males?

    They are mohammedans. There are other peoples who practice this mutilation I have heard, but it is the mohammedans who seem to relish it. The men are such worms they have to denigrate their women to be men, if they be men.

    Ok, is this better?


    Allah and Mohammed are sad jokes
    Allie OOP OOP be praised

  11. #11
    On August 4th, 2008 at 12:43 am, simcoe said:

    “I hear that girls suffer not just physically but psychologically,” the 31-year-old Mohammed said. “But I am afraid. I don’t want my daughters to have uncontrollable demands for sex.”

    So I caused my daughter physical, emotional, psychological problems for the rest of her life. At least she won’t have uncontrollable demands for sex.

    Okay, okay, I turned her into a drooling, head-banging vegetable who can’t focus on her own finger (if only she could lift it up to look at it).

    But she knows her daddy loves her.

    She does know I’m her daddy, doesn’t she Doc?

  12. #12
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:01 am, Christian Soldier said:

    see-dubya-
    Why is the comment section CLOSED on your most recent post RE: Tyson Foods and their anti Labor Day decision?

  13. #13
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:03 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Did CAIR get involved–
    Muslim observance over honoring Labor Day?1

  14. #14
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:05 am, Christian Soldier said:

    I linked this:

    http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71218

    on an earlier thread – Sunday.

  15. #15
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:09 am, Christian Soldier said:

    PS – I’ve been boycotting Tyson Food products since the Clinton years.

  16. #16
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am, swmbo said:

    Talk about savages. I only thought male chauvinist pigs were bad.

    NOW should be outraged but they aren’t.
    All feminazi groups should be taking a stand on all sharia laws, but they aren’t.

  17. #17
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:14 am, swmbo said:

    Muslim observance over honoring Labor Day?

    This Crap Has Got To Stop.

  18. #18
    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:16 am, Christian Soldier said:

    swmbo-# 17
    I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. #19
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:20 am, NY Andy said:

    From the linked article:

    The tunnels are believed to be used by Palestinian militants to smuggle weapons and cash into the territory.

    Didn’t the Belfast Telegraph get the message? They obviously don’t know that these tunnels are used for milk deliveries.

    As far as Tyson goes, like Christian Soldier, I’ve been avoiding them since the Clinton years. They paid off the stain maker to allow them to continue polluting the Arkansas River. Remember Hillary’s incredible luck in the commodities market? It was a bribe from Tyson, plain and simple.

    BTW – My wife and I used to spend hours playing Dig-Dug years ago. I had severe pain and ended up in physical therapy for what my doctor termed “Atari Elbow”. The concept of all things in moderation was brought home real quick.

  20. #20
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:34 am, zorro said:

    what is the problem with these males?

    They can’t perform?

    On August 4th, 2008 at 1:01 am, Christian Soldier said:
    see-dubya-
    Why is the comment section CLOSED on your most recent post RE: Tyson Foods and their anti Labor Day decision?

    The comment section still has a banner “Comments Closed”. A new feature?

  21. #21
    On August 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am, PatriotRider said:

    atheling said:
    Where’s Rusty?

    Gertrude and Heathcliff, the sea gulls (lgm and Rusty), are probably sleeping off the week-end’s binge or too busy to be bothered with sticking up for the poor religeon of perpetual outrage.

  22. #22
    On August 4th, 2008 at 7:43 am, Die Hippie, Die said:

    “I hear that girls suffer not just physically but psychologically,” the 31-year-old Mohammed said. “But I am afraid. I don’t want my daughters to have uncontrollable demands for sex.”

    Don’t worry Mohammed. It goes away after they’re married…which for your daughters should be when they turn twelve.

  23. #23
    On August 4th, 2008 at 7:48 am, Die Hippie, Die said:

    atheling said:
    Where’s Rusty?

    I heard he’s up late every night building a float for a parade.

  24. #24
    On August 4th, 2008 at 8:18 am, see-dubya said:

    Re; the comments in the post above–I don’t know–I suspect it’s unintentional. I’ve e-mailed.

  25. #25
    On August 4th, 2008 at 8:24 am, Little Ma said:

    My God! I knew the horror of female circumcision was practiced in some African tribes, but I had no idea Muslim men were that backward. So they blame their own lust on women, huh? How convenient! Western men gave up that little excuse centuries ago.

  26. #26
    On August 4th, 2008 at 8:30 am, tre said:

    I LIKE my wife to initiate with me sometimes.

    But, I also believe what the Bible says Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. That means I need to love her enough to be willing to die for her.
    They think their wives are property.

  27. #27
    On August 4th, 2008 at 9:29 am, rambler said:

    These muslim men couldn’t handle a REAL woman, so they need to get them as underaged, damaged goods. As a result, their entire culture is warped.

  28. #28
    On August 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am, right_on said:

    …I don’t want my daughters to have uncontrollable demands for sex.”

    Another Islamic “control” issue? This speaks volumes about how mainstream Muslim men feel about their women. The women get to have circumcisions to “protect” them from sexual urges, but for the men, they are protected from these urges by having the women wear the burqa and hijab?

    Makes perfect sense to me….

  29. #29
    On August 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm, DaveC said:

    btw..

    like the ‘Dig-Dug’ picture..

  30. #30
    On August 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pm, vsatt said:

    The part that pisses me off the most is that the person quoted is not the father, but the MOTHER! That’s right girls, your own mom is the one turning you over to the butchers. She’s a cold fish in bed and her husband likes it that way (he’s probably got a hot little harem off to the side to satisfy his own natural urges that were left intact).

    If this were a Christian fundamentalist mom mutilating her daughters “for their own good,” the feminists would be all up in arms over it. Instead, the silence is deafening.

  31. #31
    On August 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Five people have died following the collapse of a tunnel used to smuggle goods beneath the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

    Oh well, sucks to be them. But I see no point in crying over spilt milk.

  32. #32
    On August 5th, 2008 at 8:24 am, JConrad999 said:

    Great. Now I want to play Dig Dug…

    Curse you, Michelle!

  33. #33
    On August 6th, 2008 at 1:12 am, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    “I hear that girls suffer not just physically but psychologically,” the 31-year-old Mohammed said. “But I am afraid. I don’t want my daughters to have uncontrollable demands for sex.”

    Islamism is the religion of paranoia. Quick! circumcise your daughters and cover them with black cloth! Do it now, or she’ll end up impregnated by a charming Western man!

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