XPost: uk.legal, soc.culture.irish, soc.women   
   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.com   
      
   On 20/09/2012 22:07, Norman Wells wrote:   
      
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   But none of those reasons, even if true (and you have no idea at all   
   about the parents' actual motivations - these are just your prejudices),   
   has anything at all to do with the parents simply wanting to impose   
   their will on the children.   
      
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