OrangeHound wrote:
PBAsydney wrote:
OrangeHound wrote:
It is funny how you refer to circumcision (yes, that's the correct spelling) as "mutilation" as if somehow this is the only modification that people make to their bodies.
- Are tattoos also to be considered mutilation
- Is piercing ears/nipples/bellybuttons, etc mutilation
- Is having teeth pulled for braces considered mutilation
- Is cutting hair or fingernails mutilation ... I mean, as the above poster so wisely observed, "If god created us, why would he do such an error that we have to fix?"
This whole "circumcision is mutilation" can be classed as nothing other than an anti-Semite position (and I'm not Jewish), for if you lobby against this then you must also lobby against all the other things I list above ... yet, these opponents do not.
I've witnessed two circumcisions, and it is an incredibly minor "mutilation" ... one kid didn't even seem to notice ... my kids cry WAY MORE when they are getting their hair cut.
All of the above is something that you actually have something to say about.
AFAIK hair and fingernail's growth acceleration increases when you cut them, so maybe if you never did it in the first place you might not need to do it?
As I child, I didn't have anything to say about teeth getting pulled or my hair getting cut. My parents must have mutilated me ... I specifically recall screaming in massive pain because a dentist did not anesthetize me before pulling out one of my teeth.
Ooooo, some idiot did that to my dad when he was 13 and needed a root canal.
On topic, most people seem to be circumsized. The British kid was going around my class asking everyone if they were "snipped" to which everyone but himself replied yes. I'd have it done to my son if I ever have one.
Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-05-13 19:12:37)