tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494622260825118276.post7003560456937596465..comments2023-02-12T22:40:16.673-08:00Comments on Circumstitions News: GERMANY: Circumcision law has failedJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494622260825118276.post-24094888369806720792013-12-14T16:51:00.451-08:002013-12-14T16:51:00.451-08:00The law is well done considering the majorities in...The law is well done considering the majorities in german parlament at the time it passed. <br />It makes clear that circumcision is no parents right but has to be decided according to the childs well-being.<br /><br />Problem is, that it gives the idea that circumcision can be in the childs best interest, what obviously can´t be, if one judges that by the values we claim to cherish: Human Rights and the state of law.<br /><br />Circumcision is not only a violation of body integrity, it´s also a violation of human dignity and the freedom to make his own choice about his body, his religion and his sexuality (witch by the way can heavily affect any further relation of the boy for the rest of his whole life)<br />It´s even more. There´s no state of law thinkable without protection of body integrity and against painful mistreatment for everyone. <br /><br />A right of parents to circumcise their sons would be nothing other than a right for arbitrary hurting another person. “By the parents judgement” means nothing other than by subjective opinion, in another word arbitrary. <br />And that is absolutely incompatible with any state of law, one doesn´t even has to reflect on human rights to reject that.<br /><br />Circumcision is a crime, anyone who does, support or provoke it is a criminal, anyone who comes by has to the duty to help avoiding it (limited by what can be reasonable demanded from him).<br />What puts state officials to the problem that they have to choose between following orders and following the constitution. One should never have expected to see that in Germany again, one should have thought not only the people but also the politicians learned their lesson form german history.<br /><br />That makes it obvious how extremely irresponsible the acting of the political elites was, not only because of the incredible ignorance against the ongoing harm done to defenseless children but even more of what this does to the legal system and its servants. <br />One would never had expected to see Germany in lifetime again in a situation that the constitution has to be protected not by but against the state.<br /><br />We´re talking about circumcising a child but it´s obvious to anyone who doesn´t close his eyes that circumcision can´t either be allowed for adults, not as a requirement to join a group.<br />It´s called an offence to common decency and it´s therefore forbidden.<br />One should think that´s obvious to anyone reasonable, if one imagines what this would mean if every community could start to ask for body sacrifice if someone wants to join in. One doesn´t need to be real bright to see, that is can´t be allowed.<br /><br />Freedom of Religion means that anyone can choose his religion and practice it according to the legal system but the legal system always sets the limits. <br />But that shouldn´t be a problem to religion. Religions always changed and will always do. <br />That´s how they survived in the changing societies - and that´s no opinion, anyone can check that with a simple look in the sources.<br /><br />Leaves the “right of parents”. Well, there is no “right of parents”, what is meant by that is the right of children to be raised protected and the idea that parents know best what is in their childs best interest. And surely parents have to respect the human rights (as well as any other right) of the child.<br /><br />What really is a shame to Germany is the total failure of it´s political leaders in this subject.<br /><br />But it was a court that brought the discussion on its way and there are enough lawyer that still writing about why circumcision can never be allowed by any law in Germany. <br />So hopefully the courts will fix what the politicians have messed up.<br /><br />And than there are 70 % of german people against circumcision trying to informing others about what circumcision really is:<br />A violation of Human Rights and a threat to any state of law, an awful harm to many children and something that stands against every important value we claim to cherish in our society.<br /><br />Freedom means free choice about his own body, his own sexuality, his own religion.<br />Freedom means not the right to decide for someone else. How could it be?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303777936383009488noreply@blogger.com