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A GREAT RELIGIOUS leader regrets his. “hasty, spontaneous remark,” his honest opinion, may I add, that he was in favor of a certain cure, a proven deterrent for a dastardly crime. No, we must not make these criminals less a man.
It is my opinion that few women would submit to an operation that would rob them of part of their womanly charm if there was any other effective cure. It seems that the cure might be worse than the disease, in some instances.
There have been eunuchs down through the ages; for one reason or another. To protect the harems of oriental potentates, to retain the purity of voice of choir boys — NO, never to protect the purity of young girls.
A Great Religious Leader a couple of thousand years ago advocated the removal of any part of the body that offended. He didn’t apologize for His “hasty, spontaneous remark.” The crime element of His day didn’t accept His ideas; they nailed Him to a tree.
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