Circumcized men 70% less likely to contract HIV

[Pekka]

pchang, oh me so sorry! the point is still the same. It's.. BS.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Asher

The umbilical cord attachs you to your mother, who cannot have it attached to you for the rest of her/your life...

Yes you can; take kuci for example.

[Provost Harrison]

He also has branches coming off his that go to each of his bathrooms

[Asher]

Originally posted by Verto
Yes you can; take kuci for example.

On a related note, it's surprising that you're against circumcision.

I thought almost every American boy was circumcized and was therefore in favor of it.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Sandman
How did they manage to find so many uncircumcised men to volunteer to have the operation done?

There are many tribes that don't practice circumcision, and when people move into urban areas they often abandon their tribal practices, so there is a big population of uncircumcised men. In some of thesae areas the HIV infection rate is up to 25% of the reproductive age group, so these folks are watching their neighbors drop like flies. Under these conditions anyone might agree to a little minor surgery that's a well known custom in some areas.

[Verto]

I have no idea how common it is in America, although I'd heard it was more common in the North, and in past years rather than today.

[Dr Strangelove]

Among my age group almost all men are circumcised. In the 1950s and 1960s hospitals circumcised male babies routinely often without even telling the parents beforehand. Then some goody-goody two shoes lawyer got all huffy about "parent's rights" and "informed consent", so hospitals began to have to ask first. Finally some limp wristed pediatricians began protesting that the procedure was actually painful. A movement to prevent circumcision sprang up amongst the closet hippies, so today less than half the kids get the little "snip - snip".

[Verto]

And this has led to the rise of drug use, gang violence, and homosexuality

[Kropotkin]

I'm just waiting on the pope going out and telling all africans that circumcision is a satanic ritual (unless performed on women of course!).

[Asher]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Among my age group almost all men are circumcised. In the 1950s and 1960s hospitals circumcised male babies routinely often without even telling the parents beforehand. Then some goody-goody two shoes lawyer got all huffy about "parent's rights" and "informed consent", so hospitals began to have to ask first. Finally some limp wristed pediatricians began protesting that the procedure was actually painful. A movement to prevent circumcision sprang up amongst the closet hippies, so today less than half the kids get the little "snip - snip".

Your implication that this is a bad thing, and your allusion to to the pediatricians who considered it painful are gay, make me a wee bit concerned.

[Pekka]

Right, right, I'd have to agree..

[pchang]

When you are old and feeble you will understand.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Asher


Your implication that this is a bad thing, and your allusion to to the pediatricians who considered it painful are gay, make me a wee bit concerned.

Young men who wag their left second finger side to side continuously are almost certainly gay.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Young men who wag their left second finger side to side continuously are almost certainly gay.

Brent Spiner is gay?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Pekka
Right, right, I'd have to agree..

The concerns of mere cattle do not concern me.