the youngest survivor of buchenwald on Germany's circumcision ban

[Donerail]

Seems like a classy fellow. Really? He's immediately referencing the Nazis. He had a perfectly legitimate argument (freedom of religion and such) and he squanders it. Merkel should just invoke Godwin's Law and move on.

[Donerail]

Seems like a classy fellow. Really? He's immediately referencing the Nazis. He had a perfectly legitimate argument (freedom of religion and such) and he squanders it. Merkel should just invoke Godwin's Law and move on.

I think Holocaust survivors know 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 times better then you do about when to mention the Nazis and when not to.

he lost practically his whole family because of the Nazi's
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4217927,00.html

listen to him speak on his experience before you blast him for saying the truth.

Yes, he's led a hard life, but it isn't really comparable unless they start rounding people up for practicing circumcision. I think it's certainly a violation of religious freedom, but if you're going to immediately start shouting about how this is just like Hitler, then it kinda discredits your argument and makes you seem kind of a loon, meaning that your (legitimate) concerns about this ruling aren't taken seriously. It's self-defeating, is what it is, and that's disappointing because it weakens the stance of people who actually want this ruling repealed and gone and circumcision kept legal.

[Donerail]

your not entitled to an opinion on weather this is appropriate or not He is.

Why not? Your story illustrates that the Nazis were cruel and that circumcision is very important to the culture, but it's really inappropriate to just immediately revert to Nazi references instead of discussing, I don't know, the cultural significance of this?