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Just popped into this thread and I thought: 'Ears are now genitalia?' 

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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
Because I had no idea it was common in those countries. I had no idea it was common anywhere until you mentioned it. Can you cut it, for once, with your butthurt about criticisms of the US?Forty Two wrote:It's most prevalent among Latin cultures - Spain and hispanic countries in general, and latin countries, including Brazil. Central America, the Caribbean, etc.pErvin wrote:It's pretty mysterious here. Sounds like it's common in the US. Another head-scratching moment about the US...Forty Two wrote:This is not a mysterious process. There are earrings made for babies.NineBerry wrote:Piercing a baby's ear lobes. The hole will be gone within days unless you make the baby wear earrings.
So, really, dude, can you cut it, for once, with suggesting that something you don't like is a particular "problem" in the US, and nowhere else? Why don't you say "It's pretty mysterious here, sounds like it's common in Hispanic countries and Brazil. Another head scratching moment for the Hispanic countries and Brazil....?" It's a very accepted part of those cultures.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
Nobody is disputing that. The kids don't ask for haircuts or to have their nails clipped, either. The parents want it.pErvin wrote:But the kid hasn't asked for it. The parents want it.Forty Two wrote:Well, sure, that too. And, parents recognize the prevalence of kids wanting earrings as they get older, and it's much easier to do it when the child is an infant than when they are 5 or even 10.mistermack wrote:That's a pretty dumb statement.Forty Two wrote:It's done because it's easiest to do at that age.
That's not the reason it's done. It's done because the parents want it.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
What infant male wants someone to take a knife to their penis?Forty Two wrote:Well, sure, that too. And, parents recognize the prevalence of kids wanting earrings as they get older, and it's much easier to do it when the child is an infant than when they are 5 or even 10.mistermack wrote:That's a pretty dumb statement.Forty Two wrote:It's done because it's easiest to do at that age.
That's not the reason it's done. It's done because the parents want it.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
Do you want to discriminate Ferengi?Alan B wrote:Just popped into this thread and I thought: 'Ears are now genitalia?'
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
LOL, it's not "criticisms of the US" that's the problem. It's the bullshit ignorant nonsense that some, like you, constantly puke up in these threads in furtherance of silly notions that you have about what life is like in the United States.pErvin wrote: Because I had no idea it was common in those countries. I had no idea it was common anywhere until you mentioned it. Can you cut it, for once, with your butthurt about criticisms of the US?
And, I doubt ear piercing of children is less prevalent in Oz, given the ease with which I found many, many locations advertising such services in Australia. In Australia, apparently, it's common enough to have salons offering to pierce baby's ears at "at least 6 weeks" and they have multiple locations all over your country. https://www.essentialbeauty.com.au/ It took about ten seconds for me to find many, many locations that do this. Apparently, there's enough of a market in Oz to justify a business line for this national company in Oz. I suspect Oz is not that much different than the US, with various viewpoints on the topic. So stuff it.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
What infant male "wants" anything? They don't think like that yet. Their bodies get hungry, and they eat. Poop wants to come out and they poop. If they feel thirst, they drink. That's it. If things babies don't want is the test for determining propriety of actions, then almost nothing we do with infants would be allowed. Half the time they don't "want" their diaper changed, or to take a bath. Every try to get one to sit still to clip their nails or cut their hair? They don't "want" that either.Brian Peacock wrote: What infant male wants someone to take a knife to their penis?
But, I ventured no defense of the practice. I have no objection to people refraining from getting their kids circumcised. I am not sure I would do it if we had a male baby, although my wife has said that she would absolutely want the baby circumcised.
I did three things on this thread: (a) I addressed the comparison of circumcision of boys with the practice on females, and noted that they are not equivalent procedures. With girls, it tends to involve cutting off the clitoris and such. It's not the same thing. That's not a suggestion that it ought to be done. (b) I took issue with the use of the terms stab and mutilate and assault, because that appears to be definition creep, and it's not what is really happening in the case of male circumcision. And, (c) I posted benefits that are mentioned relative to male circumcision published by the Mayo Clinic (which is not a fly-by-night or religious organization).
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
Cutting hair and clipping nails is no different to lopping the foreskin off a penis. Brilliant! Why didn't you think of that, rEv?Forty Two wrote:Nobody is disputing that. The kids don't ask for haircuts or to have their nails clipped, either. The parents want it.pErvin wrote:That's not the reason it's done. It's done because the parents want it.Forty Two wrote:It's done because it's easiest to do at that age.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
In removing my question from the post it was remarking upon you've divested of it's proper context. Please try again.Forty Two wrote:What infant male "wants" anything? They don't think like that yet. Their bodies get hungry, and they eat. Poop wants to come out and they poop. If they feel thirst, they drink. That's it. If things babies don't want is the test for determining propriety of actions, then almost nothing we do with infants would be allowed. Half the time they don't "want" their diaper changed, or to take a bath. Every try to get one to sit still to clip their nails or cut their hair? They don't "want" that either.Brian Peacock wrote: What infant male wants someone to take a knife to their penis?
But, I ventured no defense of the practice. I have no objection to people refraining from getting their kids circumcised. I am not sure I would do it if we had a male baby, although my wife has said that she would absolutely want the baby circumcised.
I did three things on this thread: (a) I addressed the comparison of circumcision of boys with the practice on females, and noted that they are not equivalent procedures. With girls, it tends to involve cutting off the clitoris and such. It's not the same thing. That's not a suggestion that it ought to be done. (b) I took issue with the use of the terms stab and mutilate and assault, because that appears to be definition creep, and it's not what is really happening in the case of male circumcision. And, (c) I posted benefits that are mentioned relative to male circumcision published by the Mayo Clinic (which is not a fly-by-night or religious organization).
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
They are different, but the reason I mentioned them are examples of other things babies likely don't want. It wasn't to present an absolute equivalence of the procedures.Hermit wrote:Cutting hair and clipping nails is no different to lopping the foreskin off a penis. Brilliant! Why didn't you think of that, rEv?Forty Two wrote:Nobody is disputing that. The kids don't ask for haircuts or to have their nails clipped, either. The parents want it.pErvin wrote:That's not the reason it's done. It's done because the parents want it.Forty Two wrote:It's done because it's easiest to do at that age.
Likewise, cutting off a bit of foreskin is very different than cutting off a clitoris. So, if we are discussing material differences, there is one right there.
There are degrees in everything. Moreover, Hermit, the exchange between myself and pervin there involved ear piercing, not circumcision, which is a bit of a tangent on this thread.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
@Brian Peacock - This was the post you responded to "Well, sure, that too. And, parents recognize the prevalence of kids wanting earrings as they get older, and it's much easier to do it when the child is an infant than when they are 5 or even 10." And, that was referring to earrings.
You then responded by asking what infant wants to be circumcised, and I think responded with the above. What's the problem?
No infant "wants" to be circumcised. Who said they did? Why is that relevant?
You then responded by asking what infant wants to be circumcised, and I think responded with the above. What's the problem?
No infant "wants" to be circumcised. Who said they did? Why is that relevant?
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
Glad you noticed, albeit belatedly. While I agree that a cliterectomy is worse than circumcision, which in turn is worse than puncturing earlobes, I would not use haircuts and nail clipping as justification that the wishes of parents are unobjectionable in regard to lopping off foreskin or making holes in earlobes.Forty Two wrote:Hermit wrote:There are degrees in everything.Forty Two wrote:Nobody is disputing that. The kids don't ask for haircuts or to have their nails clipped, either. The parents want it.pErvin wrote:That's not the reason it's done. It's done because the parents want it.Forty Two wrote:It's done because it's easiest to do at that age.
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
But parents recognise that children commonly want earrings as they get older so parents get their kid's ears pierced when they're an infant because it's easier, apparently. Are you happy with parents assuming the future desires of their children and acting on that assumption to mark, deform, or mutilate their children's bodies permanently, and does this argument also apply to circumcision - "When he's older Little Johnny will want us to have had him circumcised while he was an infant" ?Forty Two wrote:@Brian Peacock - This was the post you responded to "Well, sure, that too. And, parents recognize the prevalence of kids wanting earrings as they get older, and it's much easier to do it when the child is an infant than when they are 5 or even 10." And, that was referring to earrings.
You then responded by asking what infant wants to be circumcised, and I think responded with the above. What's the problem?
No infant "wants" to be circumcised. Who said they did? Why is that relevant?
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Re: Ban all genital mutilation of children
I agree that there is a significant difference, enough so that society is totally justified in banning female genital mutilation, and that circumcision be left up to parents to decide. Having said that, the zeitgeist on that issue is moving, and it is less common than it was, possibly for good reason.Forty Two wrote:
Likewise, cutting off a bit of foreskin is very different than cutting off a clitoris. So, if we are discussing material differences, there is one right there.
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I.e. criticisms of the US.Forty Two wrote:LOL, it's not "criticisms of the US" that's the problem. It's the bullshit ignorant nonsense that some, like you, constantly puke up in these threads in furtherance of silly notions that you have about what life is like in the United States.pErvin wrote: Because I had no idea it was common in those countries. I had no idea it was common anywhere until you mentioned it. Can you cut it, for once, with your butthurt about criticisms of the US?

It's the bullshit ignorant nonsense that some, like you, constantly puke up in these threads in furtherance of silly notions that you have about what life is like in Australia.And, I doubt ear piercing of children is less prevalent in Oz,
You are clueless, as usual. I would have seen probably a total of 5 babies (and only a handful more under 8's) with their ears pierced in Australia in my life. And for all I know, they were Americans here on holiday. To see a baby with it's ears pierced is an incredibly rare sight here in Australia. There may be migrant communities where it is more common (I'm thinking Indian, perhaps), hence the need for those salons.given the ease with which I found many, many locations advertising such services in Australia. In Australia, apparently, it's common enough to have salons offering to pierce baby's ears at "at least 6 weeks" and they have multiple locations all over your country. https://www.essentialbeauty.com.au/ It took about ten seconds for me to find many, many locations that do this. Apparently, there's enough of a market in Oz to justify a business line for this national company in Oz. I suspect Oz is not that much different than the US, with various viewpoints on the topic. So stuff it.
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