circumcision issues

BBC News: Mum opened nappy to find son had been circumcised "A mother has described the distress of discovering her baby son had been circumcised without her consent. The woman, from Nottingham, said she opened her son's nappy to find him covered in blood - and was so distraught she had to...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-28/german-court-bans-circumcision-of-young-boys/4096998 Well done, Cologne court! Hopefully this sets a precedent elsewhere. Appeal to emotion fallacy; Appeal to antiquity fallacy; Appeal to popularity fallacy. :oldroll: Three strikes and you're out...

There's a serious debate going on right now here in Norway about banning male circumcision. If we're successful, we'll apparently be the first country in the world to do so. Personally, I support this a hundred percent. If people want their foreskin removed, they may do so at age 18, at their...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ushealthjewsreligioncircumcision very very interesting topic. first of all, I think comparing circumcising 8-day old males to genital mutilation of teenage girls in Africa, is petty week. #1. genital mutilation of girls in Africa is to prevent them from enjoying...

Linky. Linky. Linky. Linky God damn. (Begin MGM derail)

After finally getting hold of the complete 4 seasons of Penn & Teller Bullsh*t (not so easy in UK has its not offically released over here) I've been steadily wading my way through. Imagine my surprise when I came to the Circumcision episode - I thought I already new all about this ghastly...

This man's name is perfect for this interesting story. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/4575453.html

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/muslim-scholars-rule-female-circumcision-unislamic/2006/11/24/1163871589618.html Not a moment to soon, either. It is a barbaric practice that is not justifiable in any form. The main problem is that it appears to me to be a cultural practice that predates...

I consider circumcision (both male and female) to be abhorrent and barbaric. Can any rational thinker consider it otherwise ?

The circumcision thread prompted this poll of mine. I'm circumcised and I don't care. Since I've never experienced sex with a foreskin I can't comment on the difference but I know two guys that were circumcised as adults and they both claim it made no difference as it regarded the act itself...

Of course we all know about orthodox jewish ritual circumcision practices but up to now many did did not know that the special rabbi who performs the procedure drinks the infants blood directly...I will skip the details but refer you to the following article. There are more on Google news if...

When I first saw this picture of an injured child I thought it may have been caught up in one of the bomb blasts in Iraq yesterday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040302/481/bei11003021506 If a mother had done this to her child in your country would she have been arrested...

I tried to convince my brother not to have his baby boys circumcised. He went ahead with it anyway because he didn’t want them to be different. Should we put an end to this barbaric practice? I don’t think you can have your daughter circumcised, why should you do it for your son. Sure female...