Even Jews Are Axeing Circumcision

[Goofball]

Why didn't you wait until he was old enough to decide for himself?

Getting circumcized as an infant is about a 15 minute procedure that involves very little pain and is completely healed in about 3-5 days.

Getting circumcized as an adult involves quite a bit of pain and has a much longer recovery time with more possibilities of complication.

I was present during the whole process and quite frankly, my son seemed to go through less discomfort during the circumcision than he did when undergoing another medical process that his criminal father subjected him to against his will: vaccinations.

Well you do get an anacetic during, and anyway, I'm betting he was a lot younger and basically unable to protest when chopped.

You don't have children do you? Believe me: infants are more than capable of "protesting" when something is being done to them that they don't like. My son made very little fuss when he was circumcised. He cried when he was put down on the table because it was cold, and that's about it.

The circumcision process, when done on an infant in a proper clinical environment, is not nearly as traumatic and painful as the anti circumcision camp try to make it out to be.

Still think I should be prosecuted?

No, I just think you're wrong.

I have no problem with that whatsoever. You can think I'm wrong all day long. I just take exception to people suggesting that I'm a criminal because of a parenting decision I've made that they disagree with (yes, I know that wasn't you originally, but you did "pick up the ball," so to speak).

There are those among us (myself included) who believe that the medical and social benefits of circumcision are real and outweight any downside. For that reason, I had my son circumcised after he was born.

You know your feelings on the matter. Excellent. But shouldn't the decision have been left up to your boy? If he wants to snip, he can do so when he's older. Remember, you can always take away, but you can never give back.

As has been said by Whacker, you as a parent should realize that by the time your children reach their majority, you will have made hundreds, if not thousands of important decisions on their behalf, all in the belief that you are doing what is best for them. We make these decisions based on our analysis of the information that is available to us at the time.

What I have noted about this discussion is that none of us who believe in the benefits of circumcision have mentioned trying to force circumcision on other parents' children, or have even really gone out of our way to try to convince you that it is something you should do.

On the other hand, the anti-circumcision camp seems adamant in their belief that they are right and want to (at best) exert pressure on other parents not to circumcise and (at worst) criminalise the idea of infant circumcision.

Just saying, is all...



As far as "you can't give it back," goes, yes I did weigh that up when making my decision. But it also works the other way. Given the pain, recovery time, and complications that can arise when being circumcised as an adult vs as a child, by not circumcising my son, I felt I would be removing that choice for him. So either way I was taking away an option.

I am very glad that I am circumcised, but having seen what the results of adult circumcision are first hand I would never have opted to have it done as an adult. Because at that point, I don't believe the benefits outweigh to pain and suffering an adult goes through after being circumcised.