tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post5296949214970495804..comments2023-10-06T06:29:02.689-04:00Comments on A Bright Cape: The right to mutilateSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-38729813787878237042012-07-16T09:16:04.464-04:002012-07-16T09:16:04.464-04:00I think this is something that people will do rega...I think this is something that people will do regardless of the law, it's just that only a small subset of people will do it. But also I think that the logic of anti-prohibition only works when it is things that willing people do to themselves. There is no sense making laws against drugs, sexual positions, gambling, or prostitution. There is a sense in making a law against theft, murder or (quite relevantly) beating your children.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-8603336508468930582012-07-13T15:58:08.532-04:002012-07-13T15:58:08.532-04:00Yes, but right now it already goes underground. A...Yes, but right now it already goes underground. As it stands people can perform circumcision without being a doctor and without being in a hospital and religious authorities sometimes do this. Remember too that this isn't a crime where you can 'hide the evidence'. For the rest of your child's life it will be obvious what you did and there will be no way to wiggle out of it.<br /><br />We have absolutely solid evidence that physicians reluctance or enthusiasm for circumcision has a massive effect on circumcision rates. For example, two different hospitals in the US have rates of 87% and 4% circumcision because they have different policies on encouraging it. <br /><br />There are also countries that have a circumcision rate of effectively zero. It isn't the same as drugs where people will just do it regardless of what the government does - government can very effectively and rapidly change how people approach this issue.<br /><br />http://www.canadiancrc.com/Circumcision_Genital_Mutilation_Male-Female_Children.aspxSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-57772807504419950532012-07-13T15:46:13.965-04:002012-07-13T15:46:13.965-04:00Wouldn't that just push it underground - non-s...Wouldn't that just push it underground - non-sterile instruments and quacks and all that? Not that I disagree with you about the principle of it all.MOMnoreply@blogger.com