Child Circumcision
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Why would you ban a relatively harmless religious custom? Wouldnt that infringe on peoples right of freedom of religion? And even if it has nothing to do with religion, if people decide its for the best of their kid (even if its based on nothing) then they should be able to do that right?
We let far more damaging things being done to kids, like parents not giving their kids shots against polio (turns you kid into an autistic kid) and instead rely on prayer or alternative bullshit medicine with all the real proven health risk consequences. Or not sending your kids to a school instead using homeschooling, denying your kids a whole lot of social experience needed to properly function in a modern world. Not to mention the fact that a lot of parents use this to teach their kids a whole lot bullshit because they arent qualified teachers or because they want to brainwash their kids into believing the same bullshit as they did.
So, there are far worse things you could and perhaps should ban first.
We let far more damaging things being done to kids, like parents not giving their kids shots against polio (turns you kid into an autistic kid) and instead rely on prayer or alternative bullshit medicine with all the real proven health risk consequences. Or not sending your kids to a school instead using homeschooling, denying your kids a whole lot of social experience needed to properly function in a modern world. Not to mention the fact that a lot of parents use this to teach their kids a whole lot bullshit because they arent qualified teachers or because they want to brainwash their kids into believing the same bullshit as they did.
So, there are far worse things you could and perhaps should ban first.
On the subject of female circumcision:
Female circumcision, unlike male circumcision, completely removes the pleasure point and is done while the subject is a teen. The places in which this is done use it in order to stay sexual desires of their women. Unlike male circumcision, it is extremely harmful and has a higher chance of going wrong. It is also practiced far less than male circumcision.
And noex, agreed. The homeschooling part of the sentence is far more controversial. I too disagree with Lexus' statement.
Female circumcision, unlike male circumcision, completely removes the pleasure point and is done while the subject is a teen. The places in which this is done use it in order to stay sexual desires of their women. Unlike male circumcision, it is extremely harmful and has a higher chance of going wrong. It is also practiced far less than male circumcision.
And noex, agreed. The homeschooling part of the sentence is far more controversial. I too disagree with Lexus' statement.
Chillax Noex. This is just another chapter in the series entitled, "[lexus] Doesn't Know What the Hell He's Talking About." It's a painful read.
I'm really not sure if I should comment on this issue. It's the right of the parents to determine whether or not their kids get circumcised. It's not barbaric and it's not as dangerous as people would have you believe. It's something that Orthodox Jews have done since the time of Abraham. It's their culture, their religion, their rite, their right. Those of us, operating outside of the Orthodoxy don't have any ethical right to infringe on their practice.
It's just more of America's ass backwards policies.
I'm really not sure if I should comment on this issue. It's the right of the parents to determine whether or not their kids get circumcised. It's not barbaric and it's not as dangerous as people would have you believe. It's something that Orthodox Jews have done since the time of Abraham. It's their culture, their religion, their rite, their right. Those of us, operating outside of the Orthodoxy don't have any ethical right to infringe on their practice.
It's just more of America's ass backwards policies.