(August 8, 2014 at 10:10 am)Blackout Wrote:(August 8, 2014 at 10:02 am)Losty Wrote: You know, I try not to make it habit to worry about other people's foreskins. I don't think someone else's baby's foreskin is any of my business. I don't think my son's foreskin is anyone else's business either. While I don't think male circumcision is a good thing, I also don't think it's fair to compare it to female circumcision. I do think the traditional Jewish method should be illegal though, as it can very easily lead to a baby dying and it's just disgusting.
Yes it's none of our business but should I be able to order a surgery that will produce definitive physical changes in my child's body without consent? I think that shouldn't be allowed... Now let's say the child is 12, 13 or 14 and really likes being a Jewish, in that case, and since there is some minimal maturity, I think we should allow it. And of course, voluntary male circumcision for hygiene reasons or whatever should be allowed
Normally children can't consent, so I would think it should wait until the age of majority in whatever country.
