German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault

[Epimethean]

That has a ring of truth to it.

[The Grand Nudger]

Circumcision is very common in the United States, so I see more cut penises than uncut ones. I'm pretty sure that most of the kids in my family have been cut. I've never heard anyone complain about it. I guess I don't really have much of an opinion on this one. I don't have a penis, either, so . . .

lol...I'd take Shell's word for it, cuz, you know...

[zebo-the-fat]

Comments on this??

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ge...ision.html

[goddamnit]

Go Germany!

[5thHorseman]

Good. Nothing like forcing religion on a child, or removing part of their body.

[Epimethean]

On the other hand, isn't there already a thread on this?

http://atheistforums.org/thread-13535.html

Punnage intended.

[Rayaan]

Yeah, so I merged it with the other.

[Anomalocaris]

Good. Nothing like forcing religion on a child, or removing part of their body.

Compare to the brain tissue religion insist upon removing from infants luckless enough to be born into it, the foreskin tissue is nothing.

[NoraBrimstone]

This is excellent news IMO. I hope other countries start following suit soon.

It disturbs me somewhat that it's so acceptable in some countries. It's cutting off part of a person's penis without their consent, and without medical reason. I don't understand how anybody can be faced with such a fact and shrug it off as normal behaviour. I mean, what if people decided to tattoo the name of their religion onto their child, would that be OK? Or you know, removing their appendix while they're still a baby because they might get appendicitis one day and need them removed anyway? How about their little toe? It's not like they really need it. Oh no! Baby got Daddy's awful nose? Unconsented infant Rhinoplasty!

[Cinjin]

Circumcision is still HUGE in this country. I'm sure we have doctors who do not support circumcision, but every doctor I've personally talked to about it supports the action. The public makes decisions for their children based on what we assume are the educated minds of the medical community. It angers me to no end that we cannot rely on the words of our doctors over a matter as simple as whether or not the foreskin can do more harm than good.

Good or bad, come to a god damn consensus!!!! I was circumcised and my fuckstick works just fine. It's all about good health for me. All I wanna know is, which option has less health risks? Make up your god damn minds so the rest of us aren't mutilating are children for no fucking reason!!!


I STILL don't know which decision is the correct one. I don't miss my foreskin. Everything works exceptionally well for me, thus I had my son circumcised based on that reason and the opinions of multiple educated medical people (as well as friends and family).

The whole business just REALLY pisses me off. Get your shit together assholes! This isn't a complicated matter. As to health - YES or NO?