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   From: miketwofeathers@gmail.com   
      
   The Todal wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   he wouldn't have them for long if he did, society has put into place   
   rules to protect children from people like him.   
      
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