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Post by Synonym on Oct 8, 2010 15:39:57 GMT
For the person who considers the non-medical male circumcision of infants to be wrong, what would be the appropriate response to an invite to the Bris of a friend's son? Politely decline and leave it at that? Explain that you believe what they are doing is wrong and a violation of their son's rights? Or accept so as not to hurt friend's feelings?
This isn't about the rightness or wrongness of religious circumcision, but about how a person against it should respond in the above scenario.
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Post by mouse on Oct 8, 2010 16:14:00 GMT
Its their family,,their choice their tradition and as we are suposed to value other cultures...its entirely their affair...either go and stay stum on your personal feelings about their culture...or stay away and speak your mind and risk losing a friend i would say nothing if you value their friendship...because they are not going to change to suit you and anything you have to say will not be helpful to them or to you...we all have friends who do things we dont fully agaree with....such is life
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 8, 2010 17:18:36 GMT
For the person who considers the non-medical male circumcision of infants to be wrong, what would be the appropriate response to an invite to the Bris of a friend's son? Politely decline and leave it at that? Explain that you believe what they are doing is wrong and a violation of their son's rights? Or accept so as not to hurt friend's feelings? This isn't about the rightness or wrongness of religious circumcision, but about how a person against it should respond in the above scenario. I would just decline to attend without making a big fuss of the reasons why. I don't have any Jewish friends, but I have politely declined to attend Muslim weddings where the women are to be separated from the men. I can't be doing with those kind of people who force their political and personal beliefs on to others. Isn't there a bit in the bible about Jesus saying that if you're doing good you shouldn't be making a song and dance about it and asking people to admire you for the good you're doing? Well, I think something along those lines. So I'd claim a prior engagement - a little social white lie - and not go.
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Post by Synonym on Oct 8, 2010 17:33:14 GMT
I am not the one in the situation, but I would more likely than not just politely decline than cause a scene also. But as for the Jesus quote, how about the one that says 'all it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing'. Not that I think that MGM is an 'evil', though I do think that it is a wrong against the child. But then as Mouse says, nothing I would say is likely to make them agree.
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 8, 2010 17:48:33 GMT
I am not the one in the situation, but I would more likely than not just politely decline than cause a scene also. But as for the Jesus quote, how about the one that says 'all it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing'. Not that I think that MGM is an 'evil', though I do think that it is a wrong against the child. But then as Mouse says, nothing I would say is likely to make them agree. Ha ha, so the 'What Would Jesus Do' tactic isn't going to solve this dilemma for us!!!
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