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- From: jcopelan@nyx.cs.du.edu (The One and Only)
- Subject: Re: Circumcision etc.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.002222.16041@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 00:22:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.093449.21600@newstand.syr.edu> kgatling@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Keith E Gatling) writes:
- >[deletions about 50/50 decision BS--give me references!]
- >
- >And to those who bring up the issue of making choices for someone who has no
- >say in the process, let me ask a few questions based on one simple premise;
- >just how far do you want to carry this? Are you also against infant
- >baptisms, choosing names for the kids, buying baby food, getting
- >vaccinations done, sending them to school, and so forth, because the kid had
- >no choice in the matter? Or maybe even because of some implied risk? What
- >is the risk that a kid sent to school will be eventually beaten up by
- >someone? Is this reason enough to keep the kid home under your watchful
- >eye. If you're looking for a risk free life, you've sure picked the wrong
- >universe.
-
- All of your examples don't compare to circumcision, so mentioning them
- undermines your (already tarnished) integrity.
-
- >And as another private poster wrote, how many of you antis are writing from
- >a position of ivory tower ignorance? Sure, theoretically it's very easy to
- >take care of an uncirced penis, but real life is often different from
- >theory, and there are many people out there who just don't do it, and who
- >may end up suffering as a result.
-
- No, it is really very simple to wash and teach your kids to wash. You keep
- bringing this up as if it were a reason to circumcise an infant. It simply
- is not. How many people who mention the cleanliness issue are circumcised,
- and how would they know how much more difficult it is to keep clean? Do those
- who are circumcised not wash their penises? If they do, then they know how
- easy it is, and it is not any more difficult when uncut.
-
- >Come on people, it's a wash. We've got statistics that regularly conflict
- >with each other...
-
- I don't believe it is a wash. Please post references to the statistics you
- mention.
-
- Jim Copeland
- --
- Have you washed your brain today?
-