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by yakz 240 days ago
I don't think it's a huge stretch to consider supporting circumcision of children as being a call to violence against children, though. Just because it's being done for religious reasons and it has been done by a large population for a long time really doesn't change what it is: involuntary body modification of children.
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Is medicine not in some way a form of body modification? Can children choose to abstain from medical procedures?
Irreversible surgery without consent is extremely inappropriate if it's not solving a critical concern. Circumcision of children is about as inappropriate as female genital mutilation that is done after birth in parts of Africa.
>"body modification"

Mutilation* FTFY