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    1. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9 @briandavidearp

      And as for 'consent': that's a very weak argument. Virtually everything parents do to their little children is without their consent, and much of it has lasting physical and mental consequences.

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    2. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

      The fact that young children cannot consent to anything does not give parents a blank check to modify their children's bodies however they see fit. You can't tattoo a child in most US states, even with best intentions; cutting off part of their genitals is far more consequential

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    3. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9

      Nobody is talking about a 'blank check', that's a false dilemma. But advocates of prohibiting a deep-rooted and for Jews non-negotiable divine commandment should give some thought to the numerous other ways in which parents are allowed to affect their children's health.

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    4. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

      Parents can affect their children’s health yes. But how many other healthy parts of a child’s body are parents permitted to cut off? It is not about “health.” It is about bodily integrity

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    5. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9

      So, causing permanent changes in brain cells has nothing to do with bodily harm? I find this a very peculiar argument.

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    6. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

      I said nothing about brain cells. I asked how many other healthy parts of a child’s body parents are permitted to cut off in Western law

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    7. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9

      None, as far as I know. Of course, if you define 'bodily integrity' so narrow that only circumcision violates it, you'll always be right. But the simple point is: parents are allowed to harm their children in other, often more harmful ways, for non-religious reasons.

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    8. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @briandavidearp @opticon9

      See my autism example. And there are more where this comes from.

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    9. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

      I oppose harming children, for religious or non-religious reasons. What is legally permitted vs what is morally unobjectionable are not the same set

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    10. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
      Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9

      But do you see why it comes across as rather prejudiced to constantly single out this particular (potential) harm, while neglecting many others? Is the harm done for religious reasons worse than what is done for career reasons or whatever secular reason?

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      Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
      Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

      I argue against all forms of non therapeutic, involuntary genital cutting, for females, intersex children, and males. I am not singling out circumcision. However, I do think the genitals are “special” - a uniquely serious and intimate way to be harmed

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        2. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
          Replying to @briandavidearp @StefanPaas @opticon9

          Sexual assault is treated more seriously than other forms of assault - violations of a person’s “private parts” are, I think, rightly “singled out” compared to various other harms

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        3. Stefan Paas‏ @StefanPaas Apr 5
          Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9

          Well, permanently changing your children's brain structure or lung-cells (fine dust) or whatever cells (wrong diet) or life expectation in general seems to me just as bad, and often worse, than a minor cutting at the age of 8 days.

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        4. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Apr 5
          Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9

          Well okay - those things create risks of harm, distributed widely. Circumcision constitutes harm, is a 100% risk, and always affects the genitals. So not comparable. But yes, parents should not harm their children in those other ways either.

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