re: #86 RadicalModerate

People are arguing over whether removing a small strip of skin from the tip of a newborn’s penis at (or very near) time of birth is mutilation?

What next? Protectors of the Umbilical Cord, which is actually much more traumatic to the newborn because of the number of blood vessels and nerve endings involved?

How much mutilation is ok? Foreskin ok? Female circumcision? Earlobes clipped? Nose tip cut off? Infant tattoos? What’s the line?