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- From: gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu (Gary Davis)
- Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
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- In <ksand-271292172758@wintermute.apple.com> ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
-
- >I find it interesting to note that back in the Nordic countries, where
- >health care is one of the major issues in society, nobody supports
- >the idea of circumcision, unless you belong to a religious order/sect
- >that has this tradition going on. Actually, if I would circumsize
- >my child in Finland people would think that I'm a sadist :-). Anyway,
- >my point is that aren't we really dealing with a tradition, and not
- >a practical thing?
-
- >Kent
- >Kent Sandvik (UUCP: ....!apple!ksand; INTERNET: ksand@apple.com)
- >DISCLAIMER: Private activities on the Net.
-
- Kent,you have "hit the nail on the head". I knew it would take someone
- from a non-circumcising culture to expose what all the so called
- rational explanations are about! Just so much hot air! Americans like
- to think of themselves as a religious,advanced scientific culture so
- it is to be expected when something as pointless as circumcision is
- challeneged they will leap to defend it with specious secular arguments.
-
- Yes, the truth is that circumcision is NOT needed for health or social
- acceptance.. except if you're in Israel. They circumcised every Russian
- immigrant.. many of whom where obviously not Jewish.
- But,then what in Isreal is logical?They last week refused the
- Red Cross access to the displaced Moslems. (But I digress)
- (Please no flames.. this is a statement of fact,not an anti-semetic
- thrust)
-
-
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- palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.-H.L.Mencken
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