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- From: guido@island.COM (Guido Marx)
- Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.004139.5514@island.COM>
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- Organization: Island Graphics Corp. San Rafael, Ca.
- References: <1992Dec29.191816.8746@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec30.210135.19604@jmb2.jmb.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:41:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.210135.19604@jmb2.jmb.com> lewism@jmb2.jmb.com (Mike Lewis) writes:
- >Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about corporal punishment? If I had to
- >guess, I would say that you are probably opposed to it, perhaps strongly so.
- >It is probably hard for you (and this "us" you mentioned) to let continue a
- >practice with "no good reason" that involves a non-consenting third party.
- >Frankly, it's none of your business, unless it crosses the line into child
- >abuse. Here's hoping it stays none of your business in the future.
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- Ahhh, and what exactly is "child abuse". What if I took my 3 day-old
- daughter, tied her to a board, and without anesthesia cut off
- her ear-lobes (all done under sterile conditions so infection was
- unlikely). Is this child abuse ? If it isn't, why not ? If it is,
- why isn't circumcision ?
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- Guido
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