No, I'm saying you shouldn't automatically reject another culture's customs because they seem strange to you. Try to understand it from their perspective, or even from a larger and more universal view, and if you still think it's intolerable, then fine. But we as individuals cannot hope to claim a universally acceptable moral compass, and so it's necessary to learn from others 'n' stuff.
Whatever, I'm not gonna have this conversation with you. In fact I don't know why I even bothered in the first place, especially when you make your own version of the opponent's argument as you go along. Go ahead and congratulate yourself.
I think making the irreversable decision that your daughter is never allowed to have an orgasm before she's old enough to know what one is is pretty messed up, years of cultural precedent or no.
As you say, some variants are basically harmless, but when a tradition takes a form that lies somewhere between "womanphobia" and "tool of oppression," I would argue that that's a tradition that probably should've been stopped centuries ago.
I think you're violently agreeing, though. He
isn't automatically rejecting another culture's customs because they seem strange. He's rejecting them 'cos he
is looking from a larger and more universal view.
EDIT: Though I may be getting confused between posters. I should clarify that this is all under the assumption that we're talking specifically about the more severe forms of circumcision, which is the impression I certainly got.