“The kind of skimpy evidence and minute instances pointed to, even if relavent, do not measure up to the eamples mentioned by either of us. Rendering something like this a danger, when it claims less victims than houshold appliances, is a leap of judgement. It is precisely this next step, the liberty for authorities to utilize a sitution as such against an established religious ritual, that is being fought. The slope is not that slippery until you oil it.”
a) Why don’t you talk to a couple whose child died and talk to them about “minute instances”. If we can save even one Jewish baby, it is worth it.
b) There are many, many times more household appliances than Jewish baby boys in the world, and people are exposed to danger from household appliances constantly, while babies only have a bris once (not counting male converts who were circumcised at birth, but that number is pretty small). The proportions are so off that the comparison is almost laughable.
c) Deaths from household appliances are also preventable (in some cases). Nobody who advocates for consent forms for metzitzah b’peh is opposed to taking preventive measures when it comes to household appliances. You make it sound like it’s one or the other.