True, and all choices have consequences. With increased choice (power) comes increased responsibility. All choices are not equal. Some have greater ramifications than others. Choice shouldn't be confused with "preference". Whether you choose to have your son circumcised is not the same as choosing a hair colour (sorry if that's stating the obvious). When making the decision to cut or not to cut you are actually choosing whether you are prepared to deal with one set of future consequences or another. Now I'm not overlaying a value judgement on anyone when I say this. All I'm saying is that as well as defending your right to choose you need to be 100% accountable for that choice... after choosing a course of action the buck needs to then stop with you. I see many people demand a right to choose but then, when something goes wrong declare: "Oh but I didn't know....".
The right to choose is often demanded but also often backed away from when the consequence is unwanted. Choosing is often the easy bit... maintaining responsibility forever after is often not so easy. Applies to both sides of the circumcision debate... or any other aspect of parenting that involves a hard choice.
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