[ExI] Medical power of attorney for cryonicsts

[Ben]

Spike wrote:

 >I don't understand why western minds seem to experience no cognitive
 >dissonance when they hear themselves say that circumcision is wrong for
 >non-consenting females but perfectly OK for non-consenting males.  The 
hell
 >with that!  My sense of ethics tells me that infant circumcision is wrong
 >cubed.

These are two different things.  Yes, infant circumcision is wrong 
cubed, but female and male circumsision are quite different.  I remember 
first hearing about the female variety, and it made me sick to my 
stomach.  That is a truly barbaric thing to do.  Losing your foreskin is 
a relatively trivial, cosmetic thing.

Surely you could understand people saying that forced removal of both 
legs is wrong, but forced permanent removal of leg-hair is not so bad?  
Both wrong, yes, but one much, much wronger than the other.


Ben Zaiboc