Circumcision

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  • _niko6

    A good friend of mine who is Pakistani refused to circumcise his kids which caused a shitstorm with his ultra religious family.

    • I hope they didn't sever ties over it.palimpsest
    • He’s cut off nowGnash
    • He's a no-goodie-hoodie!PhanLo
    • Personal stories like this that pull back the veil are important.Continuity
    • lol I’ll sharia comments with him_niko
    • As long as they don't go over his head.palimpsest
    • Still, I'm happy to know your friend is standing tall like this for something he believes in.Continuity
    • agree, lesser men would shrivel at the thought of going against tradition_niko
    • Thanks for sharing, this is a problem that needed to be uncovered.palimpsest
    • I suspect that this problem is a complex one, pali. I think you'd need to peel back the layers to really get to the core of it.Continuity
    • You're right, there's no clean-cut solution.palimpsest
    • Let's all just try to rollback a little here.fadein11
    • But why, fadey? I'd like to think that progress only happens when we rise to the occasion.Continuity
    • it's a clean cut issue to me.fadein11
    • And we're only looking at the tip of the problem, it stretches centuries.palimpsest

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