Why Are You Chopping Up Babies?

My son is 8. He's intact. For those of you new to being nice to your child, that means he is uncircumcised. Not cut.

Who thought it was a good idea to start cutting little babies? Everyone gets up in arms about chopping off baby girl bits, but Heaven forbid we say anything against chopping up little boy bits.

Common arguments FOR this nasty practice include:

• "It looks better." - Says who? You? Really? You think you know what girls in 20 years are going to like? And why do you care? Maybe scars will be in by then. Better slice and dice your baby's face, too.
• "It's cleaner." - Obviously, you would know, since you're against intact boys. It's easy to clean a penis. A child can do it. MY child does it.
• "He'll have problems later in life." - Then you deal with it later in life. The chances are slim he'll have problems. You know what? Your daughter's breasts will probably get cancer, so you better chop them off at birth, too. And don't forget that troublesome cervix.
• "His dad is cut, they should match." - Right. So your child that doesn't look enough like you better get plastic surgery so she matches. Same difference. Please, people. Who is standing there comparing penises with their son? NO one, I should hope.
• "Babies don't even feel pain." - So if I slap your baby in the face, no biggie. He won't feel it anyway.

There may be some medical issues that require circumcision, but outside of that, stop cutting your babies up. Leave them be.