No more chopped bosche cocks

DanaC · 06-26-2012, 06:58 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18604664

Quote:

A court in Germany has ruled that circumcising young boys for religious reasons amounts to bodily harm.

In a decision that has caused outrage among Jewish and Muslim groups, the court said that a child's right to physical integrity trumps religious and parental rights.

Ok, it's not actually binding, so the title isn't exactly accurate, but I was so pleased with the headlineyness of it :p

Ibby · 06-26-2012, 07:58 PM

Oof. Not sure I disagree, but, Germany.. talk about bad optics.

footfootfoot · 06-26-2012, 09:10 PM

German optics:

Cyber Wolf · 06-27-2012, 12:50 AM

Will that include banning parents from getting a young child's ears pierced? Or is the ruling solely focused on the dangly bits?

06-26-2012, 07:58 PM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Oof. Not sure I disagree, but, Germany.. talk about bad optics. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-26-2012, 09:10 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	German optics: Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-27-2012, 12:50 AM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Will that include banning parents from getting a young child's ears pierced? Or is the ruling solely focused on the dangly bits? __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

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