RE: Banning circumsicion
September 7, 2023 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2023 at 10:16 am by Nanny.)
Pain is not an intrinsic bad. It is a physiological response to a stimulus. Pain varies in duration and intensity and can cause harm, but it's not absolute. Edit - a crude example - the pain of a swollen ankle is a sign to favor that ankle rather than risk further injury. Memory of the pain of a burnt hand keeps fingers off the stove. Pain is an intrinsic good in these cases.
Foreskin fungal and yeast infections are common, painful, and recurring, can lead to UTIs and in rare cases sepsis. For someone who doesn't know what to look for, those risks far outweigh the temporary, unremembered pain on day 2 of life or whenever it is that they do the procedure. That was our decision. I'm not having any more kids and sonny isn't going to regrow his foreskin.
Don't circumcise your kids if your risk benefit equation is different. You get to decide for your kid. I shared our decision and I'm being derided as a mutilator and a perv. I won't engage internet forum warrior attacks on this subject but will happy exchange thoughts with the level headed.
Foreskin fungal and yeast infections are common, painful, and recurring, can lead to UTIs and in rare cases sepsis. For someone who doesn't know what to look for, those risks far outweigh the temporary, unremembered pain on day 2 of life or whenever it is that they do the procedure. That was our decision. I'm not having any more kids and sonny isn't going to regrow his foreskin.
Don't circumcise your kids if your risk benefit equation is different. You get to decide for your kid. I shared our decision and I'm being derided as a mutilator and a perv. I won't engage internet forum warrior attacks on this subject but will happy exchange thoughts with the level headed.
