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?"
Are tattoos also to be considered mutilation? - Yes
Is piercing ears/nipples/bellybuttons, etc mutilation? - Yes
Is having teeth pulled for braces considered mutilation? - Technically, yes I suppose it is.
Is cutting hair or fingernails mutilation? - No, it's maintenance. Foreskins don't grow back.
OrangeHound wrote:
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.
lol - Anti-Semitic?
My issues with circumcision have nothing to do with religion, although could be loosely connected. I disagree with circumcision because it is done to a child who has no say in the matter, it is similar to the disapproval I feel for those who indoctrinate their children with religious dogma from an early age.
I don't think anything should be forced upon children until they are old enough to make proper decisions of their own.
Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-05-10 06:26:36)