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Old 10-21-2007, 03:06 PM
JayTee JayTee is offline
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Default Re: Should female circumcision be legal in the US?

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But it seems like the only arguments for infant circumcision are paternalistic, and I'm not a big fan of paternalism.

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Weren't you arguing that "infanticide should be acceptable" (I assume you meant legal, not acceptable), that children have no rights and that they aren't people? If you don't care that the child is killed, what do you care if they are circumsized?


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I explained that in my post above. What part did you not understand?

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You don't think that infants have the right to not be murdered? When is the right gained? Birth seems to be a pretty clear cut line to me.

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I disagree. I think a day or so after birth. Why is your view superior?

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I think a mother has the right to not be forced to care for a child not the right to agress against the child. In other words, I think a mother has the right to walk away from a child after birth, but not step on its head.
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