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Originally Posted by OldDutch
No, I was responding strictly to the over the top claims that this is a barbaric practice that some misinformed parents perform on their children. To which I waded through 2 pages of posts that seemed geared towards. The article was about a baby who died due to poor treatment after a circumcision. It is pretty clear to me what this thread is discussing.
Look my point is, I am reading that posters here feel that there isn't science to backup a decision I myself made. That it is religious. That there aren't any benefits. That it is barbaric. My response to these seemingly emotional arguments (sorry "pain, blood, hurt" is not a logical argument) is that I actually did my homework, I actually talked to experts who have doctorates in this area, I am an educated science based person myself. Someone needs to voice up for parents like me who for some reason get painted as negligent on this issue. We're not.
I don't care if someone has an opinion not to do it to themselves, or their son. I just would hope people would stop the hysterical reactions, shaming, name calling, and look at other peoples fact based perspectives. I especially don't want to hear it from non-parents to parents.
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I appreciate this response.
I don't necessarily agree with you, and would not have it done to my child, but can live with the fact that someone came to a different conclusion and is looking to do the best thing for their child.
I find it especially abhorrent though when it is performed for no reason other than tradition (dad is/religion/need to fit in) or aesthetics (women prefer it in their experience). Truthfully I think most people are trying to combat these reasons for doing it. Doing it for a medical reason where it is deemed necessary is fine. Researching it and deciding it is a net gain to do it shows you put a lot of thought into doing it and weighed the pros and cons. Doing it for other reasons does seem "barbaric" to me.
I wouldn't choose it for my child, I do not think it is worth doing. That said, if you did a lot of research and chose differently, I'd say that is a hell of a lot better than doing it "just because".