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Originally posted by Davros:
Just as with abortion I am pro choice - the choice of the parents. Kid is too young when the choice should be made - parent's choice - simple.
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Ouch! The kid is too young to decide whether they can live or not? So the parents are allowed to decide they should die? How is that right?
As for circumcision, I'm one. I'm glad my folks did it. Not pain memory for me. Works great, feels great. Stays clean so that... it get's certain attentions.
Jews had it done to mark themselves as "Gods people". I respect that. If they want to do it. The diff between male and female circumcision is HUGE. Female circumcision removes the labia and clitorus. That means, some women never have an orgasm. Pretty substancial difference.
As to abuse, there are plenty of things that parents need to do with children because they don't have the undertanding. Plenty of things which, if you were an adult would be horrific.
1.Forced down and having your arse wiped
2.Held in a chair and force-fed
3.Left in a bed with bars and distracting dangly noisy objects
4.Hit on the arse
5.Physically prevented (carried) from doing what you want, going where you want, eating what you want, or countless other things.
Children are not little adults. Adults make decisions about their children which impact how the child ends up - better or worse. Circumcision happens to be a physical and clearly visable choice. Harder to see are the myriad emotional, mental and behaviourable choice which yes, scar a person for life.
You parents screw you up, and you spend the rest of your life getting over it.
But what parent is perfect?