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  2. From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
  3. Newsgroups: misc.kids
  4. Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
  5. Message-ID: <ksand-301292133445@wintermute.apple.com>
  6. Date: 30 Dec 92 21:35:51 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec19.172939.18506@newstand.syr.edu>>     <NELSON.92Dec20214732@cheetah.clarkson.edu>     <1992Dec21.040342.7660@cs.mun.ca>     <1992Dec27.173429.5492@newstand.syr.edu>     <ksand-271292172758@wintermute.apple.com> <KAYVAN.92Dec28172903@satyr.Sylvan.COM> <C002FG
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  12.  
  13. In article <C002FG.1zz@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, msg7038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
  14. (Michalis  Syrimis) wrote:
  15. > Is it true that many americans,irrespective of relegious
  16. > or ethnic background  have their newborn sons 
  17. > circumsised today?  If this is indeed so, what are the
  18. > reasons behind it?
  19.  
  20. Well, when we got our son the nurses were jumping around in the 
  21. room wondering why we didn't want to circumsize our son. By which
  22. I answered "He's had a painful experience already, leave him alone".
  23.  
  24. Yes, it seems this is something based on American tradition, and 
  25. where Europeans will get a shock if they have babies over here.
  26.  
  27. Kent
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  29. Kent Sandvik (UUCP: ....!apple!ksand; INTERNET: ksand@apple.com)
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