(October 8, 2016 at 9:42 pm)Whateverist Wrote: For the record I'd never have a son circumcised. Didn't even like snipping Smokey's nuts.Abortion is a terrible thing we allow because the consequences of restricting it are worse.
But in a world in which people are horrified by abortion but tolerate it in a civilized way, I'm willing to allow that the shoe may occasionally have to be on the other foot.
There are no terrible consequences to leaving a kidsmall sex organs intact. Though, initially circumcision practices began to prevent what less knowledgable folk though was disease caused by masterbation and premarital sex, a fair trade if true. Turns out it wasn't true. So harm is done for no real personal or societal benefit. That is the real argument being made.
Abortion is clearly harmful, no one argues that it isnt, but as a society we have judged the benefits to be greater than the harm.
In short, apples and oranges.
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― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
