This is interesting...
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/26/ban-male-circumcision-proposed-calif-city/[^] ...even though it's a little bit off topic.
Steve Wellens
Anything coming from California is suspect. They went off the deep end years ago. Bought a piece of plywood the other day. Multiple stamps on on it informing me that This product may generate wood dust, a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer. If you look around, you'll see that California knows a lot of things no one else seems to know. Maybe they're just smarter...or something.
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The foreskin is not merely a vestigial piece of skin: it is an organ in its own right that serves an important biological function. If you are unable to keep yourself clean or safe from zippers, that is your problem.
Not a problem for me at all, I was circumcised as a child for entirely medical reasons. So then, if you ban it entirely how do you manage cases where individuals are circumcised for entirely medical reasons, (i.e., the foreskin is too tight to be able to pull back), where if the operation isn't undertaken there can be serious consequences for the child? Quite frankly I can tell you I have experienced no adverse effects as I've got older and I've never had a complaint that I've been made aware of.
Rhys "I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees"
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Not a problem for me at all, I was circumcised as a child for entirely medical reasons. So then, if you ban it entirely how do you manage cases where individuals are circumcised for entirely medical reasons, (i.e., the foreskin is too tight to be able to pull back), where if the operation isn't undertaken there can be serious consequences for the child? Quite frankly I can tell you I have experienced no adverse effects as I've got older and I've never had a complaint that I've been made aware of.
Rhys "I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees"
goblinTech wrote:
Quite frankly I can tell you I have experienced no adverse effects as I've got older and I've never had a complaint that I've been made aware of.
You wouldn't expect to. The risks of circumcision are very nearly entirely inherent to the procedure itself - 0.2 - 0.5% chance of bleeding, infection, scarring, cutting off the glans, etc. OTOH, the proposed benefits are individually much smaller and are accrued over the entire lifetime.
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