lisaf
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I didn't say complications were rare. I said botched circumcisions were rare and that men seeking to regrow their foreskins is rare.Why should people respect the choices of others if they don't agree with them? What if a Mother chose to leave her baby or toddler home alone whilst she went out for the night? Should I just respect their decision? Or do I have a right to disagree with it and disagree with her when she says she is not putting her baby at risk?
What about religions or cultures where female genital mutilation is standard? Where women are stoned to death for looking at another man or percieved adultery? Should I respect their views too? If not, why not?
As for saying complications are rare, as many babies die from circumcision as adults do from penile cancer per year. Even if other complications are rare (and lets face it, death is a pretty serious complication) when complications do happen they can be serious as can the surgery to correct them, as the following (graphic!) link shows. I can't speak for anyone else, but there would have to be very serious and proven health risks for me to risk anything like this happening to my son.
https://www.infocirc.org/fourn.htm
You may see male circumcision as the same horrific practics as female circumcision/genital mutilation. But that is NOT a widely accepted view in all parts of the world.
Some parents think piercing a baby's ear is mutilation. That doesn't mean its a horrific thing to do.
You have your opinion, but you do not need to inflict it on others and criticize religious beliefs. At least not in this forum.