XPost: uk.legal, soc.culture.irish, soc.women   
   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   GB wrote:   
   > On 20/09/2012 18:59, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >> GB wrote:   
   >>> On 20/09/2012 17:32, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >>>> GB wrote:   
   >>>>> On 20/09/2012 14:27, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It isn't.  In the   
   >>>>>>>> main, it's done simply because parents want to mutilate their   
   >>>>>>>> children to impose their will on them.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What baloney. And your source for this is?  Your fevered   
   >>>>>>> imagination?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sources aren't required for statements of obvious truth.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And it's the obvious truth for the vast majority of all   
   >>>>>> circumcisions performed in the cause of religion or 'culture'.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's obviously untrue that "it's done simply because parents want   
   >>>>> to impose their will on them."   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Who else is pushing it and imposing it on their own children ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> So, you accept that it is not done simply to impose their will?   
   >>   
   >> Of course it is.  Otherwise they'd leave it until the child is   
   >> competent to decide for himself.   
   >   
   > No, it is not done for the reason you gave. And you know that.   
      
   It's not necessary for clinical reasons.  It's not done with the consent   
   of the victim.  It's done because the parents want it done.  It's done   
   because parents want to create mini-thems.  It's an imposition and a   
   mutilating assault on the child for which there is no excuse.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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