I agree that arguing about foreskin is ridiculous. Maybe not a distraction from the degradation of our country, but more a piece in the puzzle of people waking up to first principles thinking and ownership of one’s own streams of research supported by data. Imo, it’s not something I want to proliferate, but it’s not the most important issue of our time.

Do I circumcise my children? No, because it’s not necessary for them.

Do I sit around sad that I’m circumcised because I’m “missing out on something” unquantifiable? No -that’s nonsense. I’ve never had any complaints about my hardware, intimacy with my wife, or the kids that were born from that intimacy.

Will I allow people to remove organs, limbs, or whatever is needed from my kids in order to preserve their life? Yes, obviously. I think people throw the word “mutilation” around too easily in this. It’s more about educating on the necessity of it, not damming people into changing. No one yells at a parent because they got their daughter’s ears pierced. That’s ridiculous.