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This Is Not A Big Deal.
People seem to think I get more emotionally invested in these discussions than I actually do. I don't know why that is.
I have almost no exposure to muslim faith. I don't know details there. They circumcise too. Okay, cool. The point is that, for most people, this is not the case. If we take as granted that in the Western world this is how things are generally done, I still don't see how we got here.
It's all about momentum. Sending your son's member to the skin tailor to get hemmed is an active thing. It's a decision that has to be made. And I'm wondering how it is that people with no religious imperative started making this decision en masse so that now the regular reaction to an uncircumcised dick is that it 'looks funny.' The only reason they look weird to you is because you're not used to them. Same as how I thought the first circumcised penis I ever saw looked funny, because I wasn't used to that.
I don't buy the health argument. At all. You want your kids to be healthy, you teach them basic hygiene. Bam! Done. So that's not really flying.
I know it's a minor thing. I know it doesn't really cause lasting harm. But I could say the same things about a foreskin. My default position is to leave it well enough alone. And I don't see the other side on this one, try as I might. When it comes to the health of my child, I want the path of least resistance. I want to make the decisions that force me to interfere as little as possible, while making sure my child stays as healthy as possible. If I have a decision to make about something cosmetic that causes no lasting physical or social harm either way, I'm going to choose to leave it the way it is.
But I guess maybe that's just me.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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