| VAMatt said: I think what we see in this thread is significant ignorance to the realities of male circumcision. I see things in here stated as facts that are not backed up by any of the research that I've done, and I've done a lot of research the last couple of weeks. Also, equating it with common forms of female genital mutilation is a pretty big stretch. But, I can understand where people that are not familiar with the procedure find it barbaric. In some senses, it is. With that said, I think there is a pretty clear consensus that philosophically, performing a cosmetic procedure on someone without their consent is morally wrong. And, as a parent that is about to have to make this decision, this is the primary factor that is leading me towards not having my son circumcised. |
Morality is ambiguous. You can see it as wrong while someone else can see it as right, because a) parents make choices for children all the time so consent is thrown out of the window for a lot of things for the sake of giving those children a better future, and b) the end justifies the means to some.
However, even though I don't agree that circumcision is morally wrong, I support your right to believe that, and I also applaud you using your moral compass as a method of making decisions. It's much better than using pseudo-science and logical fallacies as a basis of doing things.
