tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post4979253626160281841..comments2023-11-02T07:17:33.658-04:00Comments on The Last Amazon: Danes to the foreNaftalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13554950952366823858noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post-33204833745660072292008-11-24T00:19:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:19:00.000-05:00As a guy who can actually recall recovery from the...As a guy who can actually recall recovery from the procedure (I think I was 3 or 4 years old), let me just say that in terms of traumatic lifetime events, this ranks somewhere near the very bottom.<BR/><BR/>Your willy hurts for a couple of days, maybe a week. There will be scabs of course at the site of the incisions and they take longer to heal up. But it really was no big deal. It is not like losing an eye or a leg or a family member.<BR/><BR/>Getting dumped by your first girlfriend hurts more.Chris Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165051951695781879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post-49356732122229995552008-11-22T19:33:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:33:00.000-05:00Stageleft, I understand your conflict and I would ...Stageleft, I understand your conflict and I would love to give you a solid secular argument but at this point most of what I would say would come from the religious argument and a great deal of that requires a general discussion of “jewishness’ - and is that a minefield. <BR/><BR/>The best secular case I can make is that few other than a parent have the same kind of vested interest or stake in the well-being of any given child which is why the state entrusts the parent with the right to make decisions affecting a child’s physical, mentally and emotional health based on their ‘best’ judgment. <BR/><BR/>Of course, this right is not absolute and the law allows and recognizes circumstances where the state or other authority figure can make a decision which supercedes parental rights in Canada.<BR/><BR/>A Jewish father is in a unique position as he has usually undergone this same procedure and can stand as a witness to the none or miniscule physical side effects. The case can also be made that circumcision has the potential to improve the overall adult quality of the child’s life (re: some protection from HIV/Aids, HPV etc).While a similar argument could be attempted to promote female genital removal, the evidence of life-long health complications and the potential to negatively impact quality of life issues gives weight to the banning of such procedures. <BR/><BR/>While I recognize there are those who want to see an equivalency between male circumcision and female genital removal/mutilation I fail to see it. A circumcised male is still able to derive sexual satisfaction while a female who has had her sexual organs removed or mutilated has very limited ability for any kind of sexual satisfaction.K. Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533598840074182415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post-85526788131726479192008-11-22T15:57:00.000-05:002008-11-22T15:57:00.000-05:00I confess to being conflicted...... on the one han...I confess to being conflicted...<BR/><BR/>... on the one hand I am a firm believer that everyone should have freedom of religion and religious tradition in their personal lives.<BR/><BR/>... on the other hand a piece of a persons body is being removed without their consent, for no medical or biological reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com