Thanks for your nice comment, as I said earlier on your blog, as well as 50 million other places: I think about circumcision this way… If I wouldn’t want some one to mutilate and permanently damage my genitals, then why would my son want that done to him?

Fellow readers go take a look at the post on Amy’s blog… It’s really well written.

As for the negative commenters on your blog, always remember that it’s YOUR blog, and if they truly don’t add to the discussion about the post then you’re allowed to delete them.

Parents who have all the facts about circumcision, and still go on to have their sons circumcised, are a different story entirely. Why anyone would want to purposefully harm their child is beyond me. When I first learned about circumcision, back when I was pregnant with Morgan, I was horrified that people actually allowed that to be done to their newborn baby. I knew I would never have this unnecessary surgery performed on my son. Ever. It’s a shame that so many parents don’t do the same.

Thanks for posting this. The struggle to avoid judging parents who’ve made their son’s decision for him is hard. I try to remember that parents are human and making the best decision they can, with what information and thinking they had. I must discount that they don’t think like I do, seeing the obvious flaw in cutting a child for non-medical reasons. But it’s a constant challenge.

I also try to carry that over when I have discussions with parents considering circumcision now. I’m much less forgiving, though. The information is there, the argument’s have been made against circumcision. The internet really is the great equalizer against stupidity. I have no patience for stubborn refusal to accept that a child is not parental property.

But… I still won’t resort to judgment or name-calling. I’ve had insults hurled at me, suggesting personal inadequacy as a reason for my passionate stance against circumcision. I won’t resort to the same. My arguments are based on sound logic. I do not need petty tactics. As a society, I believe we will see our errors in this. Too late, but we will.