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And yes, honey, I do get to have an opinion, and the reason you have your knickers in a twist is that you know my feelings DO matter. Many, many like-minded men and women are moving to change things. Some say there will never be a ban, but some of us are working towards that end. And the pro-circ crowd knows it, and they're scared, and that's why there is so much intense pressure on the medical community to come up with supposed medical benefits when everyone knows that they don't apply to western cultures, are hugely overshadowed by other, more effective measures. We don't chop off breasts prophylactically, unless you have reason to know you have a genetic predisposition to having breast cancer and you make that choice for yourself as an adult. Now, let's say that the Roman Catholics felt that breasts of women should be cut off as soon as they began to develop. You could still make the convincing argument that doing so would greatly reduce instances of mastitis or breast cancer or what have you, but others might say "hey, your child should make that choice for herself!" Or, transfer the "breast" issue to adenoids, tonsils, or gallbladders if your concern is that breasts are arguably more useful than a foreskin . The point is, we don't concern ourselves with prophylactically removing any other body part, INCLUDING a mere mole, unless there is something about it that leads us to think retaining it is likely to be problematic.

The Johns Hopkins research that has been badly distorted by those quoting has in fact been disputed by numerous other credible studies and, um, reality (none of those predicted dire consequences have come to fruition in Europe).

So save it. I don't care if you worship a toaster orbiting your back yard, you don't get to just do anything you want to a child (including your own) and pretend that your god demands it, so everyone else should shut up and butt out. [/quote]
I think you have a vastly overinflated sense of your own importance.  No, your feelings don't matter, and no, no one is scared of you.[/quote]

Just ignore her. She is just confused. Of course you get to decide what to do with your own chils and no amount of her ranting will change that. [/quote]

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