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An insightful essay. Yes, the social constructs with intent to defraud. AAP religious/financial interests undisclosed and a circumcised culture, more than happy to accept circumcision serves a social good.

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IMO It's very useful to talk about the truth value of a claim separate from the role that claim plays in a social system. Reminds me of the truth value of a statement vs the provability of a statement relative to a logical system. Perhaps the conventions around quoting could be usefully employed here.

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The real issue is whether or not the creations of these social constructs included the class of people they were going to impose those claims on. --> The real issue is whether or not the CREATORS of these social constructs included the class of people they were going to impose those claims on.

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