Lonesome EJ, do you really put female circumcision and being excluded from any control of possessions in the same category as wearing a burka?

Well, actually, no, Carol. At least not the female circumcision part. That was a case of stepping over the line a bit too quickly, and I apologize if you were (understandably) offended by it. While I hold to the gist of my argument, I agree that that statement was unnecessarily provocative.