I chose to NOT have my sons circumcised- if they want it done they can get it done themselves!

*You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Nephythys again.*

I choose not to have my children baptized or christened or given communion or whatever else other religions do - if they want it doen they can get it done themselves!

awww, I so rarely see those sort of posts LOL ;)

Heh- it wasn't a religious issue for me. I had an appt for Davis- and I was agonizing over it. I admit it was a verse in the Bible that convinced me that I did not HAVE to follow through- so I didn't, then with the other two boys it was an easier decision.

What I felt was societal pressure- and as a teen mom it was even harder with pressure from the medical people I dealt with. In my family I have examples of this issue to go on as well- my dad was born in Denmark and was not circumcised until his family came to the US when he was 8. His parents felt it was the thing to do- at EIGHT! Yikes- and he has always regretted their choice. My brother is not circumcised and it never caused him any issues- so I felt ok with my choice.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people making this choice. Free country, freedom of religion, etc. I also don't believe it affects anything either way, and I don't judge others on this.

For me it is a personal religious thing and it's one of the few traditions I know I'll stick with. I can't imagine making a child do it at 8 years old! :eek: No, it must be when the kid is only 8 days old and won't even remember it.

I see it as a connection with my cultural past.

Yes, I felt enormous pressure at the hospital to have it done "so he'll look like his dad" WTF??? Did they check daddy out? Will baby need to check daddy out to be okay as a man? Sheesh. We decided to not cut our babe. You will not believe (you who do not yet have kids) how many family members think this sort of thing is their business. :mad:

As long as they don't actually DO it themselves. Did you happen to see the most recent episode of the TV show House? All I can say is "OWWWWWWWIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE"!

Yeah, there's just TONS of blood letting with baptism. Scars them for life, I tell ya!

I think we should all only hold up our cultural traditions that involve mutilation for our children. All of the others can fall by the wayside. ;)


As far as surgery on animals go:

Both dogs and cats can be distuptive to one's personal property. Scoundrel has many traditional "dog" traits in that he likes to chew. Cats don't usually exhibit that type of behaviour, but he does. Training for both dogs and cats will only do so much. I'm not going to remove Scoundrel's teeth or those of a puppy because he is chewing. If you can't handle animal behavious, don't own a pet.

Yeah, I had my ear mutilated. It was a horror, but ya know ... I just kinda like the way it looks, so I did it. Hole put right through. Damn. And it hurt.