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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I always thought the reason for hospitals doing it was medical, not religious, and I'm not sure how much damage is really done. It looks to me like a bit of overreaction, I don't have a real opinion one way or another on this yet, so that's all I'm going to say.
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it is done in hospitals because it is more hygienic and safer than people doing it in less regulated conditions (ie in ceremonies done at home).
only very rarely is circumcision done for direct medical reasons, although people do say all sorts of nonsense about "better hygiene" etc. to justify circumcision.
It is done for religious/cultural/traditional reasons in almost all cases
as for how much damage is done - i'd say it's less than losing your little toe, but more than having your fingernails cut.
In any case most of Skybird's argumentation is missing his primary problem.
Germany is going to drop this law. The question is, how much of a fuss do you wish to make before this happens?
It does not look good for Germany to be making this sort of law, and you can either drop this law pronto while making it clear that this was some sort of weird judicial aberration .. or you can wait until the maelstrom kicks up with Jewish groups in Israel and the USA joining in and start saying unpleasant things.
I recommend you take the first option and drop it quickly and be glad for the triumph of common sense.