Under what circumstances (no pun intended) is circumcision acceptable?

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Do you Americans actually circumcise just for the heck of it, even without religious obligation ?

Down here in Australia we just do it for laughs.

[Dis]

People circumsize their children because the father is that way. Tradition really. That is why I am cut.

BTW I included two statements in my post on the first page. Only one of those has been proven in a study.

Only one of those things is proven. Studies have shown that infants exposed to intense pain when they were less than 6 months of age have less resistance to pain later on.

I didn't want to give the impression that a loss of sensitivity is proven. I only say that because apolyonters convinced me of that . I really feel like I'm missing out on something good . Especially since I always wear condoms. I really can't feel that much during sex. This is why I prefer oral sex over intercourse .

Let this be a lesson to you. Don't cut your children!!

The only good thing is this skin can be grown into new skin for burn victims. This is a good thing!! So if you want to help others then do circumsize your son.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So by the same token, I don't think we should be giving newborns tatoos and getting their ears pierced...

You would suprised about how many parents pierce their daughters' ears when they are like 5 years old. Definetly not voluntary.

[Gibsie]

They're not newborns, although I'm sure those opposed to circumcision as a cosmetic technique are opposed to parents forcing their children to have their ears pierced.

(Heh, the QOTD after I posted this was, "You want me to put *holes* in my ears and hang things from them?
How... tribal.")

Originally posted by Eli
Currently in Israel most of the circumcisions are performed by Rabbies. The are trained for this, but still.

How exactly is a Rabbi trained to remove foreskins from babies?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

So by the same token, I don't think we should be giving newborns tatoos and getting their ears pierced...

You would suprised about how many parents pierce their daughters' ears when they are like 5 years old. Definetly not voluntary.

Piercings aren't permanent. And a five-year-old can, to a limited extent, express consent to have a piercing.

Still, I don't think parents should be doing that, either.

[Az]

How exactly is a Rabbi trained to remove foreskins from babies?

They're trained on the procedure. Don't ask me how?

[Boris Godunov]

They peel baby carrots.

[Gibsie]

Originally posted by Azazel
They're trained on the procedure. Don't ask me how?

Too late- I already did ask how they're trained (Your response of "They're trained" is simply mahvellous, btw).