I don't need to prove anything. It is up to the families who make those decisions to make them.
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @HPluckrose and
Then why are you promoting the “legal case” as a defense if you won’t explain why it’s legal? It seems like you’re saying it’s a parental right. Is that your case?
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Replying to @ChooseIntact @HPluckrose and
Is your argument that it is not legal?
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @HPluckrose and
No, because I’m aware and I’ve thought this through. I’m arguing it shouldn’t be legal because it’s (obviously) unethical. (Plenty of examples of that.) I’m trying to understand why you think it should stay legal.
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Replying to @ChooseIntact @HPluckrose and
Well, sure, you want to change the law. I can't see the point, myself. There's no harm. Parents are best placed to make those decisions on behalf of the infant children they love and care for.
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @ChooseIntact and
No, they're not. There are right and wrong answers here. Parents can be right or wrong in their choices. We tend to see this when it comes to female genital mutilation but not male.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ChooseIntact and
I think that the comparision with Female Genital Mutilation is tempting but wholly misguided. FGM is - despite some campaigners' claims - relatively restricted in its sway, and I suggest, positively harmful. >>
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @HPluckrose and
>> I guess some will say that's contradictory. But the evidence of widespread opposition to FGM and support for male circumcision is not evidence of hypocrisy, it is evidence that they are two different things.
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @ChooseIntact and
There isn't widespread opposition to FGM. That's why it still happens so much. There's opposition to it in countries where MGM is normal but not FGM.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ChooseIntact and
There are laws against FGM, not just in Europe and the US, but in many countries in Africa, like Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Chad, etc etc - where it is custom, it is under a lot of pressure, and rightly
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This is not an ethical argument. There are also laws against homosexuality. We are talking about principles, not customs & laws of various countries.
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