No, my definition of "mutiliation" is quite a bit more extreme than circumcision. Circumcision, in a vast majority of cases, doesn't actually change your life in any meaningful way. I also don't think it's child abuse because the child isn't being abused.
People overreact pretty hard to this, and that makes it hard for me to support their cause. I was circumcised and my life wasn't ruined, there were no "complications", I don't hate my parents, I have no desire to get it back, and I'm plenty sensitive.
Basically, people throwing around the word "mutiliation" on this subject pisses me off. It doesn't fit and it's not applicable. The word conjures up actually-serious injuries and life-changing events. Not the cutting of a redundant piece of skin.
To be clear, I'm NOT saying it's a good practice. It's just not mutilation.
do you think being circumcised is mutilation?
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No, my definition of "mutiliation" is quite a bit more extreme than circumcision. Circumcision, in a vast majority of cases, doesn't actually change your life in any meaningful way. I also don't think it's child abuse because the child isn't being abused.
People overreact pretty hard to this, and that makes it hard for me to support their cause. I was circumcised and my life wasn't ruined, there were no "complications", I don't hate my parents, I have no desire to get it back, and I'm plenty sensitive.
Basically, people throwing around the word "mutiliation" on this subject pisses me off. It doesn't fit and it's not applicable. The word conjures up actually-serious injuries and life-changing events. Not the cutting of a redundant piece of skin.
To be clear, I'm NOT saying it's a good practice. It's just not mutilation.