Christopher Hitchens Goes After Rabbi Harold Kushner re: Circumcision

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[peenfluteking]

Aren't you guys missing the fucking point here?

Saying, oh, well circumcision doesn't have too bad effects....

YOU ARE STILL TAKING A CHILD AND MUTILATING ITS BODY.

Do not fucking ACT like its a corrective procedure.

You are blinded by your vapid religion to the point where you can't even clearly see the OBVIOUS REALITY of what you're doing.

STOP mutilating children you fucking SICK fucks.

[bailer4life]

Saying that circumcision is acceptable because other experiences are comparatively worse is a terrible argument to start with.

I couldn't get away with punching my child in the leg because of my beliefs with the justification that falling off his bike is more painful.

Arguing that it’s not a big deal is missing the point. It’s an unjust act with no positive effects, done in the name of religion. And it’s just another example of how religions archaic traditions have no place in modern society.

[joel1923]

If it was a Muslim Mullah, the moderator would not have tried to move on so quickly.

[jewggernaught]

Is no one going to comment about how the Jew keeps using financial analogies? Because it's astounding, really.

Also, fuck him. Prick.

[Tandykane]

@TheTerrorUforgot

"there is nothing wrong with a circumcised penis"

Nothing other than it is not a fully functioning penis--it has lost up to 3/4 of its sensation and sensitivity:

Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis Morris L. Sorrells, James L. Snyder, Mark D. Reiss 2 0 07 BJU INTERNATIONAL 2007

[Tandykane]

An interesting article:

Google: intactnews Progressive Rabbis On Creating A Jewish Covenant Without Circumcision

[Tandykane]

@fixedgearplanet

I don't worry about your foreskin per se, I worry about the basic human rights of helpless infants.

[timewilltell7]

@Molndannon

he is so arrogant thats all i could see ...

and they gave obama the nobel peace prize too - so what does that tell you

who issues the prizes is what i want to know

[Molndannon]

Why are nobody calling out the rabbi when he says that jews have a greater chance at winning a Nobel price???. It reminds me about WW2. Something about superior races right?

[fixedgearplanet]

@Tandykane hey don't worry about my foreskin. ok?

[Tandykane]

@TheTerrorUforgot

RE the UNICEF site--WHERE is the study that refutes the Nigerian study?

In case you didn't notice this:

"It is a fundamental violation of human rights because it is carried out at a very young age when there is no possibility of the individual consent."

HMMM, and just How does this NOT apply to MGM?

[Tandykane]

@TheTerrorUforgot

Good, now all you have to do is provide evidence for the existence of these claims in the real world..becasue when I look for it these, I see the empirical evidence refutes these claims.

BTW, advocates of FGM claim these :benefits" also --same as advocates do for MGM...with as much valid evidence--NONE!

Again, don't thin k that appeal to authority supersedes appela to the valid evidence.