What a Story!

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The first note refers to a story on CNN tonight about an Oregon man who 'tried to circumcise his eight year old son with a knife.' According to CNN he was found guilty (or pleaded guilty) and was sentenced to three years in jail. His reason for making such a dastardly attempt on his tweenage son was that he had been 'inspired to do so after reading the Bible' (presumably the VOOT, Genesis).

Wow! What a story! This is a great story because of its brevity, which leaves many questions unanswered. The interested viewer is left to wonder about the details of such a story, while the uninterested viewer barely notices it. I was interested, and had some questions:
1 Was the attempt successful? Semi-successful? Tragic?
2 How was the dastardly deed discovered by the authorities?
3 Should he have used a razor blade or sharper knife?
4 Should he have called a Mohel (pronounced, mo-yell) or a medical technician? A surgeon?
5 Should his son have been much younger? How much younger?

These are fascinating questions, which bring us to wonder why it is legal to circumcise any child at all. Is our Criminal Justice System blind 99.999 percent of the time to cases like this?

We wonder. Now we wonder.