how can an infant still in the creche hold anything more than a child's desire

[primroseburrows]

OMG, finally someone with some sense.

A Proposed Bill to Ban Male Circumcision

Not that it'll actually go anywhere, but it's a start. *applauds heartily*

Thanks to patchfire for the link.

Comments

[erebor.livejournal.com]

I'll sidestep the whole issue if done on religious practices, but I've never understood why the rest of us do it ... except of course, oh yeah ... we've been told it's hygienic and that we're supposed to. (Don't get me started on the whole fear of body odors and such, that's another debate.) And I've never understood the idea that a baby doesn't experience pain (any more than I think that animals don't).

To me, outside the religious arena, this is all about education. Pretty much everyone does it without looking into the matter. Herd mentality. A couple of years ago I asked my brother and his wife to reconsider the practice for their infant son (and so did my brother's best friend, who is Jewish, yet!) but it just came up against a brick wall. And these are parents who normally research EVERYTHING to the nth degree.

I think I boil it down to the question, "What's the point??"