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Yupster

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44. My opinion too

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #41)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 10:26 AM

Apr 2015

I had my kid circumcised and would do it again, but by age four it's too late. Leave it alone.

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Civil rights case filed to stop Florida boy's circumcision [View all] Nine Apr 2015 OP

#GiveMeBackMySkin Chicago1980 Apr 2015 #1

Protect From What? HassleCat Apr 2015 #2

Genital mutilation. closeupready Apr 2015 #9

You may want to find more about genital mutilation question everything Apr 2015 #18

You're lucky congress isn't making laws Politicalboi Apr 2015 #24

You have egg on your face Lipss Apr 2015 #14

And the father did nothing about it for over two years. Nine Apr 2015 #38

If the child wasn't a newborn at the time of decision, it might have been better to wait TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #58

How do you know what came first? Earthly Creature Apr 2015 #60

The World Health organization sponsored multiple large-scale studies that showed circumcision can pnwmom Apr 2015 #39

Those doctors from the 1800s were certainly foresighted. Nine Apr 2015 #43

If the parents are not in agreement, then they should wait until the boy is older Marrah_G Apr 2015 #3

"The procedure becomes more complicated and riskier in older babies, children, and men" Lipss Apr 2015 #6

If you mean, 'mutilating infants is easier than mutilating grown men', closeupready Apr 2015 #10

The child is 4 years old, so I think we're already there azurnoir Apr 2015 #12

The doctor was concerned about children in puberty Lipss Apr 2015 #20

wrong a later story on this azurnoir Apr 2015 #22

Mustn't the person performing it attain permission from both parents? tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #4

That's why the judge ordered her to sign the consent forms. Nine Apr 2015 #8

I think the idea that doing it when the kid is 3 or 4 is the same as when an infant is ridiculous tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #11

Maybe ask the kid -- since it affects him afterall -- dimwit judge tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #13

Don't you mean "dimwit judges" (plural) ? Lipss Apr 2015 #21

There was permission from both parents Lipss Apr 2015 #15

I think the father waiting so long is now the issue tomm2thumbs Apr 2015 #17

The mother didn't share your concern about the age issue Lipss Apr 2015 #19

And now she has changed her mind. Nine Apr 2015 #40

Imagine the future discussion this kid will have with his dad: LeftinOH Apr 2015 #5

Tip of the penis? Lipss Apr 2015 #7

When he is being potty trained and his Dad IS circumcized HockeyMom Apr 2015 #36

worst argument ever for circumcision Nine Apr 2015 #49

& r all fathers obsessed with other men's penis appearance? closeupready Apr 2015 #51

All men are obsessed with other males penises HockeyMom Apr 2015 #52

To a Martian, it certainly could seem that way. closeupready Apr 2015 #53

proof that you can cut off 1/3 of anything and still be fine. ileus Apr 2015 #56

Not this shit again. n/t Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #16

Barbaric nonsense. jomin41 Apr 2015 #23

Then why do we still have appendixes? Hoppy Apr 2015 #25

And Wisdom Teeth, and men's nipples nt Lipss Apr 2015 #26

are you saying it is vestigial and not there for a reason? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #27

Alls I'm saying is that evolution doesn't work that way. Hoppy Apr 2015 #29

Particularly when there is purpose for a body part to be there... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #30

Why do women have breast REDUCTION surgery? HockeyMom Apr 2015 #28

do they do that to 4 yr olds? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #31

Oh, but a lot of MINOR GIRLS with big boobs HockeyMom Apr 2015 #33

and your point is? Do those girls have it done without their consent? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #34

Parental consent HockeyMom Apr 2015 #35

baloney....they are not doing those without those kids wanting that....ridic... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #37

Agree! It's barbaric IMO too! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2015 #32

The kid is 4 years old. It�s too late now, so let him keep it. n/t Little Tich Apr 2015 #41

My opinion too Yupster Apr 2015 #44

my husband converted to Judaism when he was in his 20s. It was helpful CTyankee Apr 2015 #42

How was that helpful? Because once older, he'd refuse consent? closeupready Apr 2015 #45

well, I'm not sure but I think he'd kinda have to be circumcised to become a Jew... CTyankee Apr 2015 #46

Ok, thanks. closeupready Apr 2015 #47

Not always. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #50

He didn't say anything about that... CTyankee Apr 2015 #54

The foreskin is homologous with the clitoral hood. Sivafae Apr 2015 #48

It's gonna suck when the kids has one in his 20's... ileus Apr 2015 #55

Why "when"? Nine Apr 2015 #57

Everyone is invited to a celebratory dinner at The Olive Garden! Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #59