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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 18 Sep 2018
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      People wanting to justify circumcision need rationales other than ' coz parents make other decisions for kids.' There are some things we let parents do to their kids (eg make them take medicine) & some we don't (tattoo them). Why is penis trimming *specifically* on the 'yes' side

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    2. Tripp, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @tripp_p 18 Sep 2018
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      No, the burden of proof is on the other side that it *can't* be justified and *needs* to be banned. Not the other way around

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 18 Sep 2018
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      It's not a factual claim. It's where the line is drawn. I have said many times why I think CC crosses it. Coz it hurts, is medically unnecessary, carries risk & the man might not want it. Religious freedom or aesthetic preferences don't justify modifying someone else's genitals.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 18 Sep 2018
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      To this, I get responses that parents make other decisions for kids which are OK. Granted. Now justify this one. What gives you the right to modify someone else's genitals (unless making the decision on the advice of a doctor)

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    5. Tripp, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @tripp_p 18 Sep 2018
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      First, the American Academy of Pediatrics disagrees with you. Second, when you want to ban parents from how they raise their kids, whether it's religion, medicine, etc the burden of proof is on YOU to prove that it's unacceptably bad. https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/Newborn-Male-Circumcision.aspx …

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 18 Sep 2018
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      I have said why I think it is bad. If you don't have a justification for modifying another humans genitals when they can't consent, you don't, and we'll leave it here. Nobody can prove that something is unacceptably bad. We have to make arguments for what should be acceptable.

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    7. Tripp, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @tripp_p 18 Sep 2018
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      Did you read the academy's report? Maybe I'm not understanding your position. If so lmk where I'm out of bounds. But if "medical benefits outweigh risks" isn't enough of a justification ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    8. IanHarrison‏ @nogod_pinesnake 18 Sep 2018
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      The NHS disagrees with you. Their studies show there is no reasonable excuse for having this procedure done without medical cause, and religious reasons should not be taken into account

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    9. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 18 Sep 2018
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      As do virtually all of the rest of the world's physicians.

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    10. Tripp, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @tripp_p 19 Sep 2018
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      Except for... The academy of pediatrics. But yeah. Totally everyone.

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      Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 19 Sep 2018
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      Yes. EVERY other nat'l association of pediatricians takes a different view, and they consider the position taken by @AmerAcadPeds to be "scientifically untenable," "ethically unacceptable," & "strongly culturally biased" Here's why: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2013/03/12/peds.2012-2896.full.pdf …https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316527603_Cultural_bias_in_American_medicine_the_case_of_infant_male_circumcision …

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