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Originally Posted by Halx
No, that is not the argument. The argument is that the child has a part of his body altered - cut OFF - without having a say in it.
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Do you remember the thread where the OP said that having a child was rude as you couldn't ask the child if (s)he would like to be born before giving birth to him/her? Your argument doesn't make much more sense than that one.
Ask a newborn baby if he would like to be circumcised. Tell me the answer you get. The fact is that you won't get an answer as newborns are incapable of making rational/conscious decisions concerning their own well-being, therefore his parents do it for him.
You don't like their decision? That's too damn bad. There's nothing wrong with circumcision and every male I know who's been circumcised seems to be functioning normally. In fact, I see no reason why you wouldn't want to your son (Or even yourself) to be circumcised-- Especially if the claims of circumcision protecting against HIV are true.