Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 04/11/2011 7:47:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A mother is to go on trial for assault after allegedly using a box cutter and a pair of pliers to circumcise her three-month-old son.
Keemonta Peterson told police she had watched YouTube videos on how to carry out the surgical procedure.
The mother-of-four is alleged to have left her baby son bleeding for two hours before finally calling emergency services.
Peterson, 29, said she was inspired to carry out the DIY operation at her home in Portland, Oregon, after reading the Bible.
According to an arrest report Peterson began the operation at midnight using a box cutter knife as a scalpel and the pliers as a tourniquet.
When the bleeding would not stop on the botched operation she tried to stitch up the wound while her distressed 13 year old son watched.
After two hours of ‘uncontrolled’ bleeding Peterson called paramedics.
Her son, who has not been named, was listed in critical condition but has since made a full recovery following the October incident.
Following her arrest Peterson told detectives she decided on the DIY circumcision as hospitals in Portland will not carry out the operation of boys older than four weeks.
Peterson was arrested last month and charged with first and second degree assault.
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Cant top that.
FUBAR on every level.
ouch
Circumcision is barbaric
I don’t understand the law...a few weeks earlier she could have killed him.....no problem....but cut off a bit of foreskin.....BAD>>BAD....now let’s take a look at the muslim community where they revel in FEMALE genital mutilation......well, never mind, that would be islamophobic.....sorry I mentioned it
Since when are pliers and box-cutters Biblical? FUBAR on Biblical proportions.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Oh my GOD what a sick idiot...JUST thinking of the poor baby’s agony during the cutting and the stitching...he must have passed out...OH MY GOD oh my GOD! I’m sorry, I’m just shocked..sniff..:(
Why didn’t she just send the kid to Planned Parenthood? They could have butchered him just as well.
No, it isn't. But this is. She should've at least contacted a Mohel. I don't have a hangup one way or the other, but if circumcision is the choice... get somebody that knows what they're doing.
And some women in the future will thank you.
Im’ still tryin’ to catch my breath.
Oh yes it is male or female its mutilation plain and simple God don’t make junk !!!!
Could not agree more
Surely the 13-yr old son will have issues with the incident.
This would seem to be the essential point, which no one has commented on.
You can agree or disagree with circumcision, but I suspect that this is more of a political or ideological decision on the part of the Portland hospitals than a medical decision.
I would guess that she is not Jewish, but Christian. Maybe somebody should have pointed her to the Book of Acts, where the apostles held a Council in Jerusalem and declared that Jewish ritual law, including circumcision, was no longer necessary for Christians.
But it's not forbidden. And an argument can be made that in general it is a good idea from a health point of view--fewer infections are likely.
I don't recommend doing it at home. But I suspect a bit of left-wing antisemitic bias on the part of those hospitals. How many of them perform sex change operations and other much more dangerous operations, which are completely destructive?
> nobody ever asked me whether I wanted to lose my foreskin
Nor me.
I was blessed with a daughter, but plan was if she had been a boy, he would have stayed intact until an age where he could make an informed decision on his own.
There's nothing wrong (IMO) with a fellow over 18 deciding to have his foreskin removed. As long as it's HIS decision. Anesthetics work on the penis. Hell, I watched the doctor perform my vasectomy, with a bit of local anesthetic. No big deal.
> hospitals in Portland will not carry out the operation of boys older than four weeks
There's the REAL problem. They should instead have a rule that they will not carry out the operation on persons YOUNGER than 18 years. Make it like tattoos and other body modifications.
And BTW, the so-called "health" arguments are bogus -- how hard is it to wash your dick, really? Geez...
I think the barbarians were too civilized to mutilate their children that way.
Polyphemus versus old blind bob: the age old argument.
But she’s an unfit mother.
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