Being that I am and have had to make the decision twice for my two sons, I've never looked at it as mutilation. Maybe that is rationalization at work. The intent was never to mutilate the human body. Since I am not Jewish, the intent was not driven by religious requirements. But its sort of a social norm, at least where I came from. While it technically may be mutilation, since the intent was not, I give it a pass. Again I say this may be rationalization.
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