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Question: Should circumcision also be forbidden in the US?
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I say YES to religious freedom.
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I say NO to genital mutilation.
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« on: July 14, 2012, 12:17:50 PM »

Neither option applies. It should be legal, but not because of "religious freedom".
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,489
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E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 12:05:53 AM »

I think the anti-circumcision people really do their side some negative things when they say "mutilation", I don't find it offensive or anything but it is kind of excessive hyperbole, and it's exactly why circumcised males usually do take them seriously. The thought process beings "Oh man I'm not mutilated, these people are nuts who don't have a clue what they're talking about." Even worse and what actually IS offensive is the comparison to the actual mutilation of girls that happens in some places in Africa and the Middle East (not that I've seen that here, but I have in other places, implying the two are even remotely comparable is quite disgusting.)

It's better to just focus on the consent issue than scream "OMG BABIES ARE BEING MUTILATED!"
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
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Posts: 113,489
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 10:55:15 AM »

As stated before, my grandfather was circumcised in his 40s due to an infection, and was bed-ridden for a whole week afterwards (sounds like it was absolute agony, so I can't say I have a problem with already being circumcised), though obviously I've never asked him about that.
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