In reply to the letters received, it would appear that the article has been largely misunderstood. Clearly, our assumption that an issue such as circumcision does not largely polarise opinion is far from the truth. However, the actual point of the article was not to raise issues of ethics regarding the correctness, or otherwise, of neonatal circumcision, nor to impose it as a compulsory procedure. As stated in the closing paragraphs, we were merely making suggestions of …