So what do you consider a prince albert then? Or pierced ears (though neither of those examples carry any benefit beyond aesthetics). Body modifications from early age on up for health reasons alone are done every day and banning one means banning them all. Cleft pallet? any form of childhood cosmetic surgery. Braces. If there are medical advantages to the operation and no detrimental effect then what's the issue? But before you say that if male circumcision is allowed why not female, lets look at the differences. Male circumcision doesn't limit sexual response and according to some enhances it. Female circumcision removes the means of sexual response. Male circumcision is the removal of a small flap of skin. Female circumcision is the removal of the clitoris which is not minor in the least. Male circumcision removes a potential source of medical problems (like you expect a kid to keep it clean). And on and on.
And this is all besides the point that the social norm in this country is to allow it. People can try to change the norm, but until it is changed, it should be respected. Going back a few generations in the deep south there was a Jewish string merchant. Now in those days string wasn't a throwaway product but something of importance. While taking orders for string in a small town, a store owner came up to him and said "I want a length of string from the tip of your Jewish nose to the tip of your Jewish dick." The merchant just took the order and went on. A week later the store owner got a box with a 5 foot diameter ball of string in it. Along with the bill was a note from the string merchant. "one order of string delivered to Atlanta Georgia from Saul Solomon, born in Warsaw Poland." On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I consider circumcision a form of genital mutilation that should have > been banned already. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
