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bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:09 am
by _ludwigm
German court rules circumcision is 'bodily harm'.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18604664In a decision that has caused outrage among Jewish and Muslim groups, the court said that a child's right to physical integrity Trump's religious and parental rights.
Male circumcision is part of the ancient religious rituals of both the Jewish and Muslim faiths, as well as the traditions of some tribal groups.
In some countries, such as the United States, it is also not uncommon for parents to request that young boys are circumcised for health reasons.
this issue is a moral and political minefield
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:36 pm
by _bcspace
Abortion is certainly bodily harm.......
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:43 pm
by _Drifting
bcspace wrote:Abortion is certainly bodily harm.......
And yet the Church supports abortion...
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:05 pm
by _krose
ludwigm wrote:German court rules circumcision is 'bodily harm'.
Hurray for the Germans! Now prohibit the barbaric practice.
Protecting baby girls from circumcision, but not baby boys, is arrant hypocrisy.
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:47 pm
by _Quasimodo
One day while in the hospital nursery a doctor friend of mine was performing a circumcision. The little baby boy was screaming at the top of his lungs. It obviously was very painful.
I asked her why she still did circumcisions since there is no good medical reason to do them.
She smiled and said she had three kids to put through college.
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:56 pm
by _MeDotOrg
So if a woman wants to get breast implants, it's okay so long as its not for religious reasons?
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:14 am
by _moksha
MeDotOrg wrote:So if a woman wants to get breast implants, it's okay so long as its not for religious reasons?
Especially if one of her credos is "milk before meat".
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:25 am
by _bcspace
Abortion is certainly bodily harm.......
And yet the Church supports abortion...
Not as a general method of birth control.
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:24 pm
by _krose
moksha wrote:MeDotOrg wrote:So if a woman wants to get breast implants, it's okay so long as its not for religious reasons?
Especially if one of her credos is "milk before meat".
Damn, I wish this board had a Like/Kudos/Rep button (and it's not the first time I've wished for this while reading a penguin-post)!
Re: bodily harm
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:52 pm
by _Quasimodo
krose wrote:Damn, I wish this board had a Like/Kudos/Rep button (and it's not the first time I've wished for this while reading a penguin-post)!
Think how surprised Batman fans would be to find out that The Penguin is actually The Joker.