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 PassionFruit   June 29 2012 11:16. Posts 177
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On June 29 2012 11:04 r.Evo wrote:

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Pretty sure it won't get reversed since it's in line with the other European countries who have laws on this issue. In case you didn't notice, this decision was made to preserve the religious freedom and physical integrity of the child.

If you want to be religious and cut things off your body, fine. That doesn't give you the right to impose it on anyone else, not even your children. And that is called religious freedom.


Right, right... You've got the interest of the child, the interest of the parents, and the interests of society. Balance, balance, balance and you come on up top with the child. There are a lot of ways to do this arbitrary balancing depending on how you emphasize the rights and the entity that holds 'em.

:/ It's a judgement call in the end. I don't really care how it balances it out, and can recognize plausible arguments where the scale will tip in favor of the parent, child, or even the state. In Europe, things are more liberal than the US so you'll get different results. Depending on your idiosyncratic values, you'll reach different results despite if everyone is looking at the exact same piece of evidence.

So I say leave it to majority opinion. If the people want it regulated, then give it to 'em. The issue here is that it was a judge, not the legislature that made this change. Legislative law =/= judicial common law. There's a difference between representatives coming to a decision and one man coming to one.
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 David451   United States. June 29 2012 11:29. Posts 490
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Better sex comes from a healthy body and mind. Pleasure is in the brain, not the penis. At best, the penis is just sending suggestions to the brain that you should be experiencing pleasure. The volume of the suggestion (more nerve endings) doesn't make a difference, because your brain adapts. A healthy dude without a foreskin is having way better sex than some buttery fat uncircumcised neckbeard, and vice versa.

All that said, this is a human rights question, not a question of practicality.
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 zbedlam   Australia. June 29 2012 12:19. Posts 372
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More nerves = more sensitivity = more pleasure. Your example is definitely right, but saying volume of nerves is irrelevant is wrong.

Unless i'm mistaken, the foreskin also reduces chafing during sex.

The arguments about cleanliness only apply if the male doesn't fold his foreskin back, which healthy men do during puberty.

Only argument in favor of circumcision is purely aesthetic, and that's entirely based on opinion.
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  fatfail   United States. June 29 2012 13:24. Posts 386Profile Blog # 

On June 29 2012 08:53 dAPhREAk wrote:

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if you get an erection while you are wearing pants, does that hurt because of the sensitivity?

Yes it hurts like fuck. I can't even touch it with my hand without causing discomfort.
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 teapot   United Kingdom. June 29 2012 16:51. Posts 179
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On June 29 2012 13:24 fatfail wrote:

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Yes it hurts like fuck. I can't even touch it with my hand without causing discomfort.


That is because the only place your glans is meant to be is either in your foreskin or in a vagina.
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 yeint   Estonia. June 29 2012 20:42. Posts 2327
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On June 29 2012 08:17 dAPhREAk wrote:

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because the peer group have all been circumcised in the U.S. (or at least the majority).


This is not true at all. Look up circumcision rates in the US.

From the Wiki article: "In 2005, about 56 percent of male newborns were circumcised prior to release from the hospital according to statistics from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality."
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 Art.FeeL   June 29 2012 20:49. Posts 1155
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On June 29 2012 13:24 fatfail wrote:

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Yes it hurts like fuck. I can't even touch it with my hand without causing discomfort.


Don't know how old are or even if you had intercourse with a woman. But how much do you last in bed? I mean if it is so sensitive you shouldn't last long. Now this is a serious question, I am not trolling. I'd like to know the answer, because if penis is less sensitive it would mean that it can last longer?!
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 Greentellon   Finland. June 29 2012 20:56. Posts 1110
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This is a good ruling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation

If this applies to women, it should apply to men too.

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*edit* "Circumcision gives you a better sex experience" - and since when boys younger than 10 years old were expected to have sex? If it really gives a better experience then you can still do it as an adult.

Also, if you can do circumcision on a child then you can also do stuff like gender switching treatment etc. "It's the parents choice what to do with the childs body after all".
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 yeint   Estonia. June 29 2012 21:00. Posts 2327
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On June 29 2012 20:56 Greentellon wrote:
This is a good ruling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation

If this applies to women, it should apply to men too.


Apparently their counterargument is "parents are allowed to make all sorts of decisions for their children, it's just a piece of skin".

They can't accept that there's anything wrong with circumcision of infants because they can't divorce that idea from the idea that there's something wrong with their penises.

71 pages now, and I have not seen one person change their mind about any facet of this topic.
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 PoisedYeTi   Australia. June 29 2012 21:03. Posts 163
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Has anyone read exactly why they cut off a bit a of a child's penis?

It is written it creates a covenant between them and god lol cut off a bit of your dick and you can be with god too ^^


Generations of families multilating their childrens sexual organs to get closer to god. Yeah i'll catch the next boat, thanks.
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 3DGlaDOS   Germany. June 29 2012 21:10. Posts 605
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The argumentation of saying the right of physical integrity of the child is higher than the right of religious freedom is reasonable to me although it still seems unclear what exactly the harm of a circumcision is.
What really bothers me about this court decision is that opponents of vaccination still can deny vaccination to their children because of their beliefs. (Same with treatment with homeopathy, although this doesn't necessarily do harm)
On a religious note: Although I'm not really religious i found this really interesting. (It's in german though, it's mainly telling the religious/philosophical reasons for the symbolic act of circumcision)
Edit: The guy above me should really read this to expand his close-minded and biased view on religion, sadly i can't find an english version
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 PoisedYeTi   Australia. June 29 2012 21:17. Posts 163
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more food for thought of why circumcision became prelevant even in non-jewish/muslim countries. Apparently as a form of sexual opression.


edit- taken from wiki

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 Poffel   June 29 2012 21:27. Posts 307
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On June 29 2012 21:03 PoisedYeTi wrote:
Has anyone read exactly why they cut off a bit a of a child's penis?

It is written it creates a covenant between them and god lol cut off a bit of your dick and you can be with god too ^^


Generations of families multilating their childrens sexual organs to get closer to god. Yeah i'll catch the next boat, thanks.

Apart from ridicule and polemics, which obviously aren't really fit to stimulate conversation on that topic, I think this raises indeed an interesting question.

Given that the image of God upheld in most modern mainstream communities is that of a benevolent, merciful, and just entity, I personally have a hard time understanding how to reconciliate this image with such teachings as the punishment of uncircumcised children... what springs to mind is e.g. God's intent on killing an infant (Mose, no less) in the Biblical verses that are the hagiographic foundation of the tradition at stake.

I personally know that these and similar (e.g. the crippling of Jacob at mt. Jabbok) verses are topics of very controversial discussion about the image of God in modern Christian theology, but I've got no idea about these debates in the other Abrahamic religions... maybe someone who is more knowledgable on this issue could provide some details?
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 Figgy   Canada. June 29 2012 21:37. Posts 1286
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Non-circumsized penis are extremely ugly.

There is a reason you need to be circumsized to be in porn, because guys look hidious without it. At least that's how it's been seen in Western Culture for a very, very long time.

Making it illegal is nuts, it doesn't do any actual damage to the child.
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 Nizaris   Belgium. June 29 2012 21:42. Posts 2185
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On June 29 2012 21:37 Figgy wrote:
Non-circumsized penis are extremely ugly.

There is a reason you need to be circumsized to be in porn, because guys look hidious without it. At least that's how it's been seen in Western Culture for a very, very long time.

Making it illegal is nuts, it doesn't do any actual damage to the child.

how can u say that cutting a bit off some1's penis is not damage? How can you say that reducing some1 sexual sensitivity doesn't do any actual damage? do you even have any idea what you are talking about?

You don't need to be circumcised to be in porn either, maybe in the US but that is irrelevant.

Purely cosmetic then, how about you let your son figure it out for himself instead of forcing your subjective judgement upon him. Or maybe you want to risk a penectomy to your son?

Making it illegal is the logical step to end baseless religious oppression.

"Non-circumsized penis are extremely ugly [...] because guys look hidious without it. At least that's how it's been seen in Western Culture for a very, very long time. " Bullshit, that's just your brain trying to justify why your penis is cut.
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 Shottaz   United Kingdom. June 29 2012 21:56. Posts 172
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On June 29 2012 21:42 Nizaris wrote:

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how can u say that cutting a bit off some1's penis is not damage? How can you say that reducing some1 sexual sensitivity doesn't do any actual damage? do you even have any idea what you are talking about?

You don't need to be circumcised to be in porn either, maybe in the US but that is irrelevant.

Purely cosmetic then, how about you let your son figure it out for himself instead of forcing your subjective judgement upon him. Or maybe you want to risk a penectomy to your son?

Making it illegal is the logical step to end baseless religious oppression.

"Non-circumsized penis are extremely ugly [...] because guys look hidious without it. At least that's how it's been seen in Western Culture for a very, very long time. " Bullshit, that's just your brain trying to justify why your penis is cut.


I agree with him, I got cut out of choice at 22 years old because i didnt like the look of it... I knew it was a risk because I might have hated it after the op but it was one of the best decisions I have made about my body.
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 Nizaris   Belgium. June 29 2012 22:11. Posts 2185
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On June 29 2012 21:56 Shottaz wrote:

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I agree with him, I got cut out of choice at 22 years old because i didnt like the look of it... I knew it was a risk because I might have hated it after the op but it was one of the best decisions I have made about my body.

it's great that you had the choice. If only it was like that for most ppl.. i don't have any problem with it if you consciously chose it, you are free to do whatever you want with your dick

The problem i have with it is parents forcing their judgement and risking their childs life/penis/sexuality without his consent.
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 teapot   United Kingdom. June 29 2012 22:12. Posts 179
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On June 29 2012 21:56 Shottaz wrote:

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I agree with him, I got cut out of choice at 22 years old because i didnt like the look of it... I knew it was a risk because I might have hated it after the op but it was one of the best decisions I have made about my body.


I'm not sure how relevant your decision was considering you made it as a _consenting adult_ Go ahead and mutilate yourself all you want. Other people do all sorts of gross shit to their bodies too that they are presumably happy with. If you are happy with it good for you I suppose.

But, we are talking about preventing this happening to unconsenting babies for no good reason whatsoever.
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 FreddYCooL   Sweden. June 29 2012 22:13. Posts 415
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On June 29 2012 21:37 Figgy wrote:
Non-circumsized penis are extremely ugly.

There is a reason you need to be circumsized to be in porn, because guys look hidious without it. At least that's how it's been seen in Western Culture for a very, very long time.

Making it illegal is nuts, it doesn't do any actual damage to the child.


So? Thats your opinion, let your son make that decision for himself when he is 15 or 18. Whether or not his penis looks pretty wont most likely be a problem before that.

And also it would be more correct to write US instead of Western culture, circumcision is much more uncommon in Europe.
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 Velr   Switzerland. June 29 2012 22:15. Posts 5092
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There are plenty of non circumised dicks in porn..... I wonder what you are watching..
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