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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at all.  We did it and have no regrets.  The only comments I ever see are those online.  No one in real life has asked or cared.[/quote]

I have never experienced the hostility towards circumcision expressed on these postings in real life. I had no idea it was so controversial until I started reading these posts.[/quote]

People feel strongly about it. I wouldn't get in my friends' faces about their choices, because I'm not a confrontational person, but when I hear people say they are going to circ, or if I change a diaper of a friend's kid and realize they've circumcised, I have to admit that I definitely think less of them for it. But, my own decision was not easy to come to, and we nearly circ'd, and ultimately we decided not to because my brother's kid had a major infection and huge problems with his circ just before our kid was born, or otherwise we might have decided a different way. So I do try to tamp down the initial judgy feeling that comes up as I think it's easy to make the mistake of doing it, especially as it was for such a long time just the cultural norm, that nobody ever second-guessed. And, for a long time, people weren't even really aware of the risks and even said it wasn't painful to the baby. But, if I know you circ'd your baby, I think you made a mistake and didn't educate yourself and your kid suffered for it. I'm sure that will earn me flames, and Im sure many people will say who cares, and that's fine. But to those of you saying you never encounter this in real life, it doesn't mean people aren't silently thinking it. [/quote]

Glad we probably aren't friends.  Sounds like you are the uneducated one who has no concept of respecting others culture, religion and beliefs.[/quote]

We might be friends! As I mentioned, it's not something I'd say to you in person, unless you asked me. I know plenty of people who did circ, and I held my tongue. I'm just being honest here about how I really feel, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm not the only one who silently judges you for chopping off part of an innocent baby's penis. I think It horrifies me, and I don't find your religion justification for it any more than I find other institutional abuses or harm done to kids in the name of religious culture acceptable, or religious jihads are to be tolerated because they are religion. Respect the religion and the beliefs and the person who believes it does NOT mean we should fail to protect the innocent. [/quote]

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