After Circumcision Ban, German Courts Target Child Ear-Piercing

DIE WELT/Worldcrunch ^ | 8/23/2012 | Matthias Kamann

[markomalley]

The original article in German is here.

[RoosterRedux]

Germany...first the Jews, then the Gypsies.

[yldstrk]

ok so what about the issues with uncircumcised, adhesions, dirt, cancer. Hey most kids in the US are circumcised in the hospital my boys were, no big deal.

The ear piercing is stupid, but most little girls want them pierced. We waited until 5th grade. I remember lying to get mine pierced, saying it was ok with my mom. Hey, my grandma from Russia had hers pierced with a needle and a potato, just because my mom objected meant nothing to me.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Many doctors argue that the same holds true for circumcision: although it’s just a small cut, Jewish and Muslim boys who undergo the procedure suffer not only physically but psychologically from it.
The issue of circumcision could be coming up before a German court again shortly as the prosecution in the city of Hof in Bavaria completes an inquiry against Rabbi David Goldberg who conducts ritual circumcisions some 30 times a year.
Sebastian Guevara Kamm, a doctor in the central German city of Giessen, has filed a complaint against the rabbi, accusing him of inflicting bodily harm. According to Kamm, Rabbi Goldberg does not have a medical license to perform the operation, and performs it without anesthetic in medically unsuitable conditions.’

OH brother.

This starts out talking about banning circumcision because it's harmful, but at the end says it is done by those without a medical license without anesthetic (????).

My brother and I were born in a Jewish hospital (USA) where our circumcisions were performed, and my parents were not Jewish and my mother was a nurse at the time, and I am grateful for it.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Bet they're OK with hormonally altering and sexually maiming a pubescent boy who has long, silky hair and favors blousy shirts.

Or at least buggering him if he can be seduced.

[mkjessup]

OH brother.
This starts out talking about banning circumcision because it's harmful, but at the end says it is done by those without a medical license without anesthetic (????).
My brother and I were born in a Jewish hospital (USA) where our circumcisions were performed, and my parents were not Jewish and my mother was a nurse at the time, and I am grateful for it.
On a different topic, a 'har-har' for this morning:

Q - 0bama is NOT circumcised, how do we know this?

A - It would be very difficult for a decapitated man to talk from a teleprompter.

(thank you very much, I'll be here all weekend, don't forget to 'tip' your server, lol)

[Gil4]

It would be very difficult for a decapitated man to talk from a teleprompter

I don't know...it looks like he's doing OK so far.

[jocon307]

What about Muslims, they do this too, and the world doesn’t owe them any special debt.

I love it that they’ve moved right on to ear piercing.

Who controls your child? You or the state?

[tbw2]

Considering that I can think of at least 2 girls that pierced their own ears (or, rather, each other’s) with a paper clip they heated with a lighter to sterilize it, going to a tattoo piercing place with a guy who knows how to do needles and meet cleanliness standards is not bad.

[tbw2]

Agree that there is a horrific double standard. Want to stop bodily development with hormones of a child who says they are the wrong gender? OK. Want to circumcise, something that reduces the child’s risk of picking up and transmitting STDs? Not OK.
If ear piercing is wrong, at least in minors, because of the pain and suffering, how is the risk of fatal diseases like AIDS and antibiotic resistant STDs from free love NOT restricted by limiting sex in minors?

[FES0844]

No to body piercing.

[sportutegrl]

My mother flat out refused to let me get my ears pierced. In my first act as a major, I had my ears pierced on my 18th birthday.

[BilLies]

Gee, I thought it was the circumcision that made Jews so intelligent and smart. Probably why they want to ban it.
:)
Any talk about banning abortion?

[sickoflibs]

Is Obama the first thought you have when you wake up?? That must be terrible.

:)

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

I had my boys circumcised because a foreskin is a dark, warm and moist place, the perfect breeding conditions for bacteria.

I see these two cases as money at the root of the first one, with the parents gold-digging the tattoo parlor and money in the second one, the doctor wanting circumcision done by doctors for the $$$$.

[PrincessB]

Same here. I was in college and two of my sorority sisters took me to the mall to make sure I actually got it done.

[trailhkr1]

Hey most kids in the US are circumcised in the hospital my boys were, no big deal.

Not anymore..approx 35-40% are not having it done and those figures are growing.

[wbill]

boys who undergo the procedure suffer not only physically but psychologically

Yes, I'm not sure that I've ever recovered from that fateful day 40-odd years ago. /sar

I think that mothers who get their babies' ears pierced are pretty foolish. I'd worry about the earring coming out and becoming a choking hazard. Also, about them getting snagged on things.

But do we need to regulate it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[avenir]

Consequences of rebellion against God? Laws coming out your ears!

But the overreach of wicked rulers demands that we disobey their anti-Christ edicts.

Which ones? I wish there was serious discussion of this among Christians. It’s happening all around us and wisdom is needed in how to deal with insane man and his laws without dishonoring God and the order he established.

[NFHale]

Did ya hear about the doctor who did circumcisions for free???
He only took tips...

and then..

He made a fortune by turning the tips into wallets...when you rub them, they turn into instant luggage.

Here till Tuesday, try the veal!!!

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk...