I can't believe this is even debatable. I can't believe that in a society we consider civilized, I have to actually present a structured argument against cutting off pieces of babies when they're born.
There are 50 states. Only 9 of which ran executions last year. Almost all executions were in TX. That is the information I was basing my statement on.
Yes, there's some loaded language there; I'm also more than a little pissed off so it reflects my feelings (and I'm not the only one; tabelsaw's reply was just as loaded).
I don't actually consider there to be as much of a gap as you do between something like corporal punishment or branding and circumcision. But, I doubt either of us is going to persuade the other on that point.
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Date: 2009-02-03 03:39 am (UTC)Yes, there's some loaded language there; I'm also more than a little pissed off so it reflects my feelings (and I'm not the only one; tabelsaw's reply was just as loaded).
I don't actually consider there to be as much of a gap as you do between something like corporal punishment or branding and circumcision. But, I doubt either of us is going to persuade the other on that point.