German court bans circumcision

[August]

Originally Posted by Penguin

The keyword is reversibility.

But "permanent" implies IRreversible. By what right would anyone have to differentiate based on the size of a permanent mark?

And what about wearing shoes? It's medically proven to cause irreversible changes to the foot, leaving them so tender and weak that by the time the "victim" turns 18 he's pretty much forced to wear shoes, at least when he goes outside, for the rest of his life. I think that's a heckuva lot more intrusive, painful and permanent than some tiny snip of skin.

Are you Germans also going to go to all the primitive tribes around the world and tell them their ancient practices and rituals are criminal too?