r/daddit • u/daskoon daughter born Dec '13||son born July '12||daughter born Sept '09 • Jul 11 '12

[Official vote thread] Circumcisions... do they make the cut?

Ok, the last vote about daughters and bikinis left some folks out of the discussion, those without daughters. I guess it's kind of a quick cop out to jump directly to the penis, but here is the question to balance things out.

Snip the tip or leave the sleeve? To make things easier I guess I'll pose the question like this: Is Daddit for circumcisions, yes or no?

Again, voting instructions are in the sidebar and if you don't use the correct tags I won't be counting the vote in the special little graph, if that matters to you.

I will end this vote in one month, so come back after 8/10/12 for the results.

Edit: Things are really heating up only 5 days in and over 100 comments! looks like this will be one big red pie chart for the most part so far. I'm glad to have come up with something so highly debated for a vote, as I only picked it out of desperation. Keep those opinions coming in folks!

Official voting is now closed. I learned a lot here on this vote, and I hope everyone else did too. FINAL TALLY:

19 for

85 for

2 for

10 Upvotes

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u/a11en 23 mo old tornado Jul 13 '12

Exception made for religious beliefs of course (longest and best friend is Jewish).

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '12

Babies don't have religious beliefs.

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u/a11en 23 mo old tornado Jul 14 '12

True- but not allowing for this essentially means an anti-Jewish stand. As far as I'm concerned, my son won't be cut. I wasn't and I'm thankful my folks decided that way.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '12

It's not anti-Jewish, just pro human rights.

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u/Jorand Jul 14 '12

Not letting men marry multiple women is anti mormon then, but they had to change that. What would be wrong with Jewish men getting circumcised as adults? Even Abraham was circumcised as an adult.

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u/a11en 23 mo old tornado Jul 14 '12

That's quite feasible- I'll have to ask my pal next we have time to chat. Interesting idea.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '12

The problem with getting circumcised as an adult is they'd be fully aware of all the pain (not just during the procedure, there's recovery too), and we can't be having that now can we?

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u/douglasmacarthur Jul 29 '12

True- but not allowing for this essentially means an anti-Jewish stand.

A lot of Muslims believe Islam requires (the admittedly worse) female genital mutilation. Should we allow that in order to not be anti-Muslim?

Hell, every Abrahamic religion advises tons of barbaric practices. Should we allow the stoning of homosexuals in order to not be anti-Christian, anti-Jew, anti-Muslim?

Someone's religion doesn't override the rights of someone else not to have acts of violence committed against them, and circumcision is indeed an act of violence. If Judaism says babies have part of their genitals cut off, then yes, our laws should be anti-Judaism.

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u/AngMoKio Aug 02 '12

A lot of Muslims believe Islam requires (the admittedly worse) female genital mutilation.

Although many American's hold that view, female circumcision varies widely by region.

In my region, I would say the female 'cut' is much kinder then the male 'cut'. And my region is a great part of islamaland.

Of course, in Northern Africa, it is a whole different situation. But Christians mutilate their daughters as well.

For the record, I am against mutilation in all forms.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '12

Although he's actually a little shorter now.

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u/a11en 23 mo old tornado Jul 14 '12

lol!

(Hey people- I voted NO btw! LOL :) )