German court bans circumcision

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

It isn't hollow. I know plenty of parents that take their 2-year-olds to get their ears pierced. Are the children making that decision? Is this not mulitlation of the ears? Are we not shoving a metal rod through one's earlobe? Is mutilation not mulitlation? Or is your anger now that you see the flaw in your argument through the example of absurdity? Are you unable to see past your own hatred? It is you that jumps through the hoops to make an artificial distinction.

I never heared of any people piercing the ear lobes of their 2 year old. Maybe I live in a too protected and clean and tidy part of the world. And yes, stitching the earslobes of 2 year old is questionable. Seems they want the cuty-cute look for their sugarbabies. Well. That is more about the parents than about the children. And that is never something good, when parents educate their kids not to the kid's welbeing, but the wellbeing of the parents. Becasue kids are not thewir parents' belongings.

But that is not the point anyway. The point is that genital mutilation, the according pain, functional alteration, shame and psychological experience in general, - DO NOT COMPARE TO quick-piercing AN EARLOBE. An earlobe is unsensitivetive, relatively, and the functionality of the ear is not altered at all. So in principle the parents indeed should not pierce their children, yes - but even if they do, it does not compare to genital mutilation.

Or do you compare cutting fingernails to amputating let'S say every third finger...?

Man, come back to your senses. If I get a razorblade and cut you 3 mm deep into your arm, let'S say 3 cm long, a scratch that is, and afterwards I do the same kind of cut to your youknowwhat, I am absolutely certain you will immediately realise the difference in sensational quality.

Better believe me that without trying it out first. I fell into a slope of barbed wire when I was 20, left some marks on my back and side - but that was a pain one could handle. I am certain that a circumcision would feel - less friendly...
Earlobes - I thought I was dreaming when reading that...