No. Not remotely comparable. Take it from one who knows.
The comparison is on the logical justification. 'It can't be abuse if its not widely condemned' doesn't work & applying it to a more serious abuse of human rights shows why.
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Well, here are the limits of a logic alone, then. The absence of opposition to ear piercing is evidence that it is unobjectionable; so too circumcision.
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I object to it. Wait until they're old enough to understand the pain involved and risk of infection & can decide for themselves. My daughter still says 'no' at 13.
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That’s your decision, and yours to make.
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No, it's not. They're not my ears. I have no moral right to put holes in them causing her pain & potentially infection.
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The particular failure of reason here is Appeal To Common Practice - http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-common-practice.html … - remember that for most of human history, in most societies, slavery was widespread and seen as good and proper.
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