Comment on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  cannot consent, hell in some cases cannot talk yet because too young

  Again, people get their baby’s ears pierced all the time. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg on parent approved medical procedures. If circumcision upsets you, how do you feel about ear tubes, tonsillectomies, and cleft pallet repair?

  I agree about the black market but perfect is the enemy of good?

  I would say the cost of criminalization far outweighs the benefit.

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  • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    People should not be piercing their baby’s wars too. Neat that you used the same argument Republicans use use against gay marriage. We don’t see your kind here to often.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People should not be piercing their baby’s ears too.

      People shouldn’t be arrested for piercing a babies ears either.

      Having the police kick down your door and drag you to a cell over this shit is not an improved outcome

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      • wondrous_strange@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        You are truly sick with how much it’s important for you to chop off babies dicks. You are defending a barbaric stupid meaningless ritual with such ridiculous arguments, why?

        Having children ears pierced should also be criminal, but at least with ear piercing it doesn’t do any damage and can be removed later, as opposed to having their genitals mutallated by a religious nutjob for nothing.

        Fact is, this would die out if not forced on helpless babies at 8 days old because no sane person would want to inflict this on their body unless theres a very good medical reason (which there is none for most of people).

        All the examples you gave stem out from the person’s own decision or due to medical necessity.

        I would argue that people who support this fucked up ritual should also be criminalized.

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      • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How? Its child abuse.

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• mean_bean279@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s lots of things that parents do to their kids without their consent. I’d argue it’s worse to share their face on social media than to circumcise due to the true dangers of predators usage of technology. That doesn’t mean I think parents should be considered abusive if they do. That said, this is in the UK so I don’t have a horse in that race.

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  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If the parents were made aware that its abusive and do it anyways then yes its abuse. Some people will question things naturally and thats fine, others will need information brought to them directly and thats also fine.

    We should expect parents to put effort into making the best decisions they can with the information they have available.

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