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[edhopper]

1. As someone who was raised in a Jewish community

I have to say WTF!!! Are these people insane?
I don't think circumsision is bad, ut do it in a sterile safe way.
This is just fucked up.

[cleanhippie]

2. I would not argue against your opinion that circumcision is not bad...

But I would argue that it is not good, either. It's pretty much unnecessary at all. It is only because of religious tradition that this practice continues. I feel it is yet another part of religion that needs to be left in the past, where it belongs.

[edhopper]

5. I was trying to be nuetral about it in general.

while saying how this spefically was disgusting.

The larger issue is a debate I do not want to enter.

[SaintPete]

3. I have no response to that

I am absolutely flabbergasted

[Angry Dragon]

4. Not good

[elleng]

6. Really could live without this headline on DU.

Story is awful, too, but the headline right in our face?

[cleanhippie]

9. I tend to agree that it is a bit shocking, but it is an accurate description of the situation.

Then again, this whole barbaric practice is a bit shocking too. Even more so than the headline.

[unblock]

8. i've never even heard of this. this is not at all a typical part of a bris.

usually gauze is used to stop the bleeding!

judaism has a high place for health. for instance, i get a pass from fasting on yom kippur because not eating will give me a migraine. also pig products are fine for medical procedures such as heart valve transplants or insulin.

so the idea of a ritual that violates basic health principles is not at all the norm in judaism.

but hey, there are wackos and nutjobs in any religion, no exceptions.

[Ezlivin]

10. Two Men and a Baby

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