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  4. From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
  5. Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
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  9. References: <NELSON.92Dec20214732@cheetah.clarkson.edu> <1992Dec21.040342.7660@cs.mun.ca> <1992Dec23.212644.17727@netnews.noc.drexel.edu>
  10. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:16:02 GMT
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  13. <1992Dec23.212644.17727@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> giamomj@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (Mike G.) writes:
  14. ><NELSON.92Dec23140510@cheetah.clarkson.edu> Russ Nelson,
  15. >nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu writes:
  16. >>Compare risks vs. benefits.  Which of the benefits of circumcision is
  17. >worth
  18. >>the (small) risk of emasculation?
  19. >
  20. >You don't get it, Russ....the whole problem with routine circumcision is
  21. >that it's done without the consent of the owner. How would you like to
  22. >have the engine of your soon-to-be-yours brand new car have the cylinders
  23. >burned out from lack of oil before you take ownership? It's an ethical
  24. >thing, man...and if you want a foreskin for erotic reasons, then its a
  25. >sexual one, too.
  26.  
  27. And the latter (sexual) reason makes it all the more appealing
  28. as a way to ensure the religious morality of your children (compare
  29. female "circumcision").
  30.  
  31. Don
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  33. beaver@cs.psu.edu                       Opinions from the PC-challenged
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