>>8
"But, that's just my personal opinion."
Precisely. Since the child has no say, its wrong to force that individual into something of this nature.
You may not miss your foreskin, but some do, no doubt. There are plenty of reasons to want it. The cleanliness argument is there, sure, but that is easilly taken care of with proper hygiene.
Moreover, sex just feels better with it, and on top of it all, with it, you have a higher chance of walking away from an unsafe sexual encounter without contracting various STDs, such as AIDS.
Libertarian political perspective: The child is an individual. Forcing it into this life-altering and extremely painful procedure against its will and while it is helpless is morally dubious at best, if not outright wrong.
'Bleeding heart' liberal political perspective: It's just plain cruel.
Why should the christians and jews or whatever religion supports/condones this measure be allowed to mutilate individual beings' genitals without their consent..? Most particularly completely defenseless and innocent babies and young children?