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   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: deadmailbox@beeb.net   
      
   On 21/9/12 09:38, Norman Wells wrote:   
   > GB wrote:   
   >> On 21/09/2012 09:01, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On the contrary, they are _all_ to do with parents wanting to impose   
   >>> their will on their children.   
   >>   
   >> And black is white. I think we all understand you, Norman. You find a   
   >> position and stick to it against all reason.   
   >   
   > The truth is absolute.   
   >   
   > And your reasons are non-existent.   
      
   I hesitate to ask you whether you have children, but surely this notion   
   of the parent imposing his will on his child applies to just about every   
   aspect of parenting. Asking the child to brush his teeth, eat up his   
   food, tie his shoelaces, do his homework, tidy his room, all that stuff.   
   Even before the child can speak he is asked to eat his food, not throw   
   it at the walls, and stop kicking his mother. And to go to bed and stay   
   there when it is night time.   
      
   Having a child circumcised for religious reasons is essentially no   
   different from having it christened. The aim is to ensure that the child   
   is accepted as part of a community. Not imposing the parent's will for   
   its own sake.   
      
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