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People downvoting the above - see the cached version of the article to see why the utilitarian / public health justifications are incorrect. I agree - it's on
by isomorph 8y ago
People downvoting the above - see the cached version of the article to see why the utilitarian / public health justifications are incorrect.
I agree - it's on the wrong side of history. When we look back will be shocked at what we did to ourselves and our children, simply because we could not evaluate a study correctly.
In the case of infants it's certainly non-consensual
In the case of adults there is an issue with the "informed" part of informed consent
There is massive historical momentum behind it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_male_circumcision#Revival_in_the_English-speaking_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_male_circumcision#R...
- mikeash 8y agoIf someone sliced off the tip of his kid’s pinky finger because he claimed God told him to do it, we’d lock him in a padded room. But the tip of the kid’s penis is not only totally fine, we’ll try to convince more people to do it!