Comments on: Top 10 Bizarre Traditions http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jordybear http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-225959 Jordybear Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:23:16 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-225959 I find it highly entertaining that this is the second list I have viewed within the hour that features a lengthy and heavy debate about circumcision!!! Never before have I been so subjected to people's personal opinions about foreskin!!! I find it highly entertaining that this is the second list I have viewed within the hour that features a lengthy and heavy debate about circumcision!!! Never before have I been so subjected to people’s personal opinions about foreskin!!!

]]> By: Nordmacht http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-219010 Nordmacht Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:22:10 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-219010 There's nothing 'bizarre' about dueling or seppuku. Both express the want for honor. Why isn't circumcision mentioned? Now THAT is a bizarre tradition. There’s nothing ‘bizarre’ about dueling or seppuku. Both express the want for honor. Why isn’t circumcision mentioned? Now THAT is a bizarre tradition.

]]> By: CHOMP http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-213031 CHOMP Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:58:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-213031 #10 is definitely horrifying #10 is definitely horrifying

]]> By: rinne http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-192476 rinne Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:28:19 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-192476 eeekkk #10 is horrifying :( but #1-#9 were all pretty normal in the olden days i guess... eeekkk #10 is horrifying :(
but #1-#9 were all pretty normal in the olden days i guess…

]]> By: Whomp http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-175154 Whomp Fri, 22 May 2009 12:34:13 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-175154 Dueling?! That's bizarre? I'd replace it with Trepanning. Or O-kee-pa However it's spelled. Anyway, I liked the bit about the monk. Dueling?! That’s bizarre? I’d replace it with Trepanning. Or O-kee-pa However it’s spelled. Anyway, I liked the bit about the monk.

]]> By: End Circumcision! http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-170955 End Circumcision! Tue, 12 May 2009 16:42:36 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-170955 To add to that list, you should add male genital mutilation and female genital mutilation, benignly referred to today as male circumcision and female circumcision. Most Americans can agree that female circumcision is absolutely wrong. But most Americans refuse to acknowledge that male circumcision is absolutely wrong because they still commit this mutilation today and don't want to admit it as a wrongdoing. There's nothing bizarre about geishas. It shouldn't even be on the list. Put on the list male and female circumcision as a bizarre tradition that is still practiced today that should have been extinct a long time ago. To add to that list, you should add male genital mutilation and female genital mutilation, benignly referred to today as male circumcision and female circumcision. Most Americans can agree that female circumcision is absolutely wrong. But most Americans refuse to acknowledge that male circumcision is absolutely wrong because they still commit this mutilation today and don’t want to admit it as a wrongdoing.

There’s nothing bizarre about geishas. It shouldn’t even be on the list. Put on the list male and female circumcision as a bizarre tradition that is still practiced today that should have been extinct a long time ago.

]]> By: Carl http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-169787 Carl Thu, 07 May 2009 10:45:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-169787 Its the Padaung tribe and i think you will find that they actually originated in Myanmar. They are in Thailand to earn some money from pictures taken with overweight tourists. Its the Padaung tribe and i think you will find that they actually originated in Myanmar. They are in Thailand to earn some money from pictures taken with overweight tourists.

]]> By: sue http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-167400 sue Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:14:20 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-167400 Well , i think the list should have included the weird custom of wearing large rings around their neck by the women of Paodang tribe of Thailand. Well , i think the list should have included the weird custom of wearing large rings around their neck by the women of Paodang tribe of Thailand.

]]> By: albedo http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-163577 albedo Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:48:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-163577 "Our bodies should be fed to other living creatures. Why not make it a law to be dumped over-board so that we become fish food for our oceans? Or leave our bodies out in the woods to become compost for our trees." Well, modern medication makes many people being toxic waste. Especially people who underwent certain chemo therapies etc. So those corpses are to be cremated by law, at least in Germany. And I think it's similar in other countries, too. Why not leave the laws as they are and spare the animals from being fed with excessive amounts of hormones (like from the pill), toxic chemicals and whatnot? :) Concerning circumcision: Ever heard of soap or water? Wash your genitals, it's that easy. The mutilation practice in Africa is not circumcision (then only the clitoral hood would have to be removed) but complete clitoral amputation. Sometimes even in combination with sowing the labia together, leaving only a small opening for urine and menstrual period. This is just another barbaric practice to "control" the "animalistic sexual drive" of women. “Our bodies should be fed to other living creatures. Why not make it a law to be dumped over-board so that we become fish food for our oceans? Or leave our bodies out in the woods to become compost for our trees.”

Well, modern medication makes many people being toxic waste. Especially people who underwent certain chemo therapies etc. So those corpses are to be cremated by law, at least in Germany. And I think it’s similar in other countries, too.

Why not leave the laws as they are and spare the animals from being fed with excessive amounts of hormones (like from the pill), toxic chemicals and whatnot? :)

Concerning circumcision: Ever heard of soap or water? Wash your genitals, it’s that easy.

The mutilation practice in Africa is not circumcision (then only the clitoral hood would have to be removed) but complete clitoral amputation. Sometimes even in combination with sowing the labia together, leaving only a small opening for urine and menstrual period.
This is just another barbaric practice to “control” the “animalistic sexual drive” of women.

]]> By: Flood http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/#comment-162906 Flood Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:02:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/top-10-lost-bizarre-traditions/#comment-162906 I wish someone would tell my husband he is supposed to have a diminished sex drive and less enjoyment, cos I am tired out after all this boinking. I wish someone would tell my husband he is supposed to have a diminished sex drive and less enjoyment, cos I am tired out after all this boinking.

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