La barbarie della circoncisione
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Su BlogOltre oggi è stato lasciato un commento, a firma del dott. Bruno Amari, relativo ad un vecchio post sulla trasmisssione radiofonica Zapping condotta da Aldo Forbice. L'argomento a mio parere merita una evidenza maggiore per cui pubblico di seguito il testo di quel commento.

Ho inviato mesi addietro una email al Sig Aldo Forbice sul tema della campagna contro le mutilazioni infantili.
Ho dichiarato di aderire. Mi son qualificato come Primario Ospedaliero , inviando un succintissimo CV. Ho chiesto che la campagna fosse estesa anche alla lotta contro la circoncisione maschile che , come evidenziato nel testo allegato, miete vittime in Africa.
Forbice mi har risposto con quello che eufemisticamente potrei definire come atteggiamento poco gentile affermando testualmente che " da un professionista con tutte le sue specializzazioni mi sarei aspettato di meglio ".
Io ho risposto scusandomi di aver posto la questione in una sede inappropriata.
Non credo che la scortesia sia una questione di servilismo nei confronti di Berlusconi.
Ho sentito più volte zittire scortesemente ascoltatori che esprimevano pareri discordanti da quelli del giornalista in questione e , subito dopo , mutare il tono se il medesimo parere veniva espresso da un ospite qualificato.
Dott. Bruno Amari
Terapia Intensiva Cardiochirurgica
H Poliambulanza Brescia
bamari@iname.com

Journal Slams Circumcision 'Barbarism'
South African Press Association (Johannesburg)August 15, 2003
Posted to the web August 17, 2003

Cape Town

The South African Medical Journal has condemned what it calls the "barbarism" practised on boys in the name of traditional circumcision rituals.

"Many of the so-called circumcision schools of today are fake, and deadly," says SAMJ editor Daniel Ncayiyana in the latest edition of the journal.

"They have very little to do with the traditional ethos and practice of this ancient ritual, and something must be done to stop the carnage."

His call comes in the wake of a fresh crop of deaths and mutilations caused by traditional-style circumcisions.

In the Eastern Cape alone this winter, 25 initiates died, 16 had to have their penises amputated and 92 were admitted to hospitals.

Ncayiyana said that anywhere else in the world this kind of "mayhem" would have evoked community outrage and urgent and drastic action to stop it.

"Why are we not sufficiently agitated by the slaughter to find ways to stop it?" he asked.

He said the ritual had traditionally been about preparing youngsters for the challenges of manhood in the rural world in which they lived, and had been performed by experienced operators and overseen by the community.

However a researcher in the Limpopo province had found that of late, the practice had degenerated into a money-making exercise for those running the schools, and that boys as young as six years were admitted.

Malpractices include gratuitous beatings and other forms of physical abuse, extreme exposure to the elements, nutritional deprivation and the withholding of medicines from the chronically ill.

Ncayiyana said all schools should be registered, all circumcisors be required to undergo training and certification, and all circumcision venues should pass inspection.

These three steps would see many lives saved and the ritual of circumcision "regain its traditional dignity".

The Eastern Cape enacted legislation on circumcision two years ago, while a similar regulatory bill has been introduced in the Free State.

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