Imagine for a moment that in your house you have on display an irreplaceable vase. It is a one of a kind. Now imagine your child came out of his room one day with a baseball bat. He goes directly to your one of a kind vase, takes careful aim and then bashes it into a million pieces. He then turns to you with a big grin on his face and announces, “There. Doesnt the living room look so much nicer without that ugly vase?” You are beyond shocked. “Why on earth would you do that?” you ask. “I didnt like it, and I wanted it gone,” he answers. “Plus, I know youll thank me. It was ugly, it didnt serve any purpose. And most of all, now you dont have to worry about it when you clean the house any more. I did you a favor.” You try to contain your anger. You explain that the vase was indeed useful. You try and explain the history of the vase. You try to explain how beautiful it was. You try to explain that it was one of a kind and can never be replaced. You try to tell him how much you are hurt by his actions and that no matter what he thought about it it was not his to destroy. But nothing you try seems to get through to him. He remains completely remorseless for his actions. You finally tell him how much the vase was worth. But to your shock, your son scoffs and tells you he doesnt believe you that it was worth anything, despite his acknowledging that it was one of a kind, and irreplaceable. “I have to live here until I am 18,” he tells you. “And because of that, I get a say in how the house is decorated.” You are close to tears now. You try and explain that even though he has to live in the house until he is 18, you will be living there for the rest of your life. He has made a decision about how the house is decorated not just for the time he is living there, but for all time. He has destroyed something valuable and precious. You are poorer because of his thoughtless act of destruction. Can he not see how much this has hurt you, and how disrespectful his actions are? He doesnt seem to care at all. His satisfied grin remains. You are baffled. In all other things your son appears to be a good person. He seems to care and be loving, yet in this he is completely unmoved. He is actually proud of himself, and expects you to thank him for smashing the vase to pieces. What would you do? How would you react? Now understand that this is what men go through when they confront their parents about circumcision. Cutting parents believe that their child will be better off without their foreskin. They know it is irreplaceable. Yet they refuse to recognize the value of it, or the usefulness. They truly believe that for the 18 years the child remains in the home that they get to make irreversible decisions about the childs body and physical integrity that will affect him for his entire life. And worse yet, they expect to be thanked for this kind of behavior. This is the situation that the cut man must face with his own family. But worse than a vase, it is an actual part of his body that is thoughtlessly destroyed. It is a part of his manhood and his very humanity that is forever denied him. Before you sign on the dotted line to have your childs genitals cut, ask yourself, “Do I really know for sure it has no value?” Ask yourself if you really have the right.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:11:14 +0000
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