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Will not respond to because you have failed to actually propose an argument, and have instead chosen to spout off ideas you apparently can't back up with reason or explanation.
>>12
"Burning witches was a tradition. Slaves were a tradition. Oh wait. America has always been behind the rest of the world when it comes to social and cultural issues"
This has partially convinced me you are a troll. Simply because it has to be close to the most incorrect thing I've ever read on this forum.
I'm not saying circumcision is good. I'm not saying it was created for good reasons. I'm not saying I don't want the tradition to disappear, and that the rest of the world should practice it.
What I AM saying is that the tradition is here, and now that it is you can't claim that following along with it is barbaric. That's total B.S.
You just can't say that it's terrible for a parent to try to do the best for their kid, and to try to make sure they feel like they fit in with society. That's only a parent trying to look out for their child's best interests.
Now, you could argue that they are wrong. You could argue that America places too much emphasis on fitting in and not being different, and circumcision is a sad result of that. You could argue that the sooner that the tradition is gone, the better. Hell, I'd argue for each one of those points, and respect anyone else who did as well.
But it looks like most people in this thread can't actually form unbiased arguments, and can only fall back on words like barbaric and savage. You know who else does this? George Bush. Which is why most of America hates him.
"When your arguments are just as rational as those of George Bush, you know something is very wrong."