Why would anyone want to be castrated?

[Dis]

I'm confused by this story.

http://www.wyff4.com/news/8428531/de...=22100421&qs=1;bp=t

And more importantly, if you were going to do it, would you go to some illegal backwards site in the country to do it?

What I find really hilsarious is the comment about protecting children. WTF does this story have to do with children?

[Dis]

Thank you for bolding that OT BOT, you'll get your payment later.

[Dis]

after looking at a link in wikipedia, I learned that castration prevents male pattern baldness. Hmmm, very tempting. I'll get more chicks if I don't go bald, but then I'll be castrated, so won't be able to do anything with them.

[DRoseDARs]

“The first thing was shock and disbelief that you got something like that going on in the community and our first priority is to protect our children," said Ashville resident Chuck Bates.

Oh bull****, Chuck. The first thing that went through your head was a common housefly. Later, you thought, "Ow. I ain't gettin' my nuts all shriveled-up an' fallin' off..."

[JohnT]

2:1 sez it's religious-based reasoning.
5:1 sez it's some new "Internetz Pron Shocker!!!11!"
1:1 sez that Faux News will be all over this story like stink on stink.

Don't forget that this is where Eric Rudolph (abortion mail-bomber, Olympic bomber) was found. And EVC lives there, as well as Billy Graham. Asheville breed nutcases and zealots as well as any place in the country.

[Dis]

better there than here I guess.

I'm glad I live in a city where people are normal, and we have good family values. And we do this without that religion crap everyone seems to think is so important.

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by Dis
better there than here I guess.

I'm glad I live in a city where people are normal, and we have good family values. And we do this without that religion crap everyone seems to think is so important.

religion gives life direction, without it, by admittedly circular logic , you are without direction.

[Datajack Franit]

ha-ha OTBOT didn't affect a single post of mine so far

[Datajack Franit]

WTF

[Odin]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
WTF

[Nostromo]

According to Wikipedia:

Surgical removal of both testicles or chemical castration may be carried out in the case of prostate cancer [3], as hormone testoterone depletion treatment to slow down the cancer, or as testosterone depletion treatment to greatly reduce sexual drive or interest in those with 'deviant' sexual drives, obsessions or behaviors, or any combination of those.[4]

Male-to-female transsexuals, as well as some transgendered people, often undergo castration. Castration can be done before, during or in place of sex reassignment surgery.

A temporary chemical castration has been studied and developed as a preventive measure and punishment for several repeated sex crimes such as rape or other sexually related violence.

Voluntary chemical or surgical castration has been in practice in many countries; reports are available from Scandinavian and European countries, in particular, for the past eighty plus years (chemical for the last thirty or so years) as an option for effective treatment of child molesters, rapists and sexual sadists, allowing them to return to the community from otherwise lengthy detentions. In the case of chemical castration, on-going regular injections of anti-androgens are required.

Physical castration is highly effective as, historically, it results in a 20-year re-offense rate of less than 2.2%, much lower than what was otherwise expected.

Unfortunately, chemical castration seems to be even harder on bone density than is physical castration. Since the development of Forteo, this severe bone loss has been able to be reversed in nearly every case. At this time there is a limitation on the use of this medication to 24 months until the long-term use is better evaluated. There is also evidence that voluntary castration is used in modern societies for reasons such as control of libido, body modification and, in some cases of extreme sexual masochism, for purposes of sexual excitement (see paraphilia and apotemnophilia).

With the advent of chemical castration, physical castration is not generally recommended by the medical community.

An underground network of castrators (generally called "cutters") without medical licenses has formed. Surgery performed by untrained personnel outside a properly equipped medical facility is dangerous and there have been cases of severe bleeding and other medical emergencies. Alternatively, self-castration (or autocastration) is occasionally performed, though it carries significant risk. Many who desire castration travel to developing countries, where medicine is less tightly regulated, and have the procedure performed by a doctor.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
religion gives life direction, without it, by admittedly circular logic , you are without direction.

You still need your dad and mom to tell you what to do, Wiggie?

You are not a kid anymore, you should be able to find your own direction.

[Ted Striker]

I can't even look at this thread without falling over in a ball of pain

So, last post for me I'm not even reading the rest of this

*throws up*

[Urban Ranger]

It's not the same as getting kicked in the nads.

[Provost Harrison]

Ouch