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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 09:33 PM

Hassin Bin Sober (8,607 posts)

41. But their wee wees fall off at age 62.

True story.

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261 replies	Author	Time	Post
Benefits of male circumcision reconfirmed as rates decline [View all]	Sgent	Aug 2012	OP
...	KG	Aug 2012	#1
I can see the ad campaign. "Don't get sick. Trim your dick." nt	valerief	Aug 2012	#5
Don't be silly, slice that willy!	Dash87	Aug 2012	#22
Am I wrong to laugh??? :-)	spooky3	Aug 2012	#25
Don't be a cod, trim that rod!	villager	Aug 2012	#29
Don't be a fool, clip that tool!	Arugula Latte	Aug 2012	#81
It isn't wrong to snip that schlong.	UnrepentantLiberal	Aug 2012	#91
Someone! Quick! There's a Hackensack joke just waiting	closeupready	Aug 2012	#165
O	femrap	Aug 2012	#38
It doesn't make any sense to me and I doubt it's true.	Nine	Aug 2012	#45
+1	wordpix	Aug 2012	#49
go	femrap	Aug 2012	#70
There is no "hormonal link" between a bit of foreskin and the brain.	Codeine	Aug 2012	#93
b	femrap	Aug 2012	#113
It's certainly as well documented as the effect on menstrual cycles that the moon bombing had.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2012	#140
Moon bombing? When did that happen? I do remember people blaming excessive rain on moon landings	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#154
An epic thread.	Codeine	Aug 2012	#177
Fl	femrap	Aug 2012	#127
I think it's crap	Confusious	Aug 2012	#57
v	femrap	Aug 2012	#131
losing a foreskin makes a man less able to bond with a woman? then its true. a man's	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#61
Not to mention that the man will mourn the loss of the foreskin for the rest of his life.....	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#104
Utter codswallop.	Codeine	Aug 2012	#62
Intercourse is different, not sure about bonding	unc70	Aug 2012	#89
U	femrap	Aug 2012	#130
This sounds like industrial strength woo to me.	MadrasT	Aug 2012	#95
+1 Epic woo. Crazy talk. nt	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#100
So	femrap	Aug 2012	#121
With all due respect, opinions on penises from nonmedical women	Thor_MN	Aug 2012	#96
po	femrap	Aug 2012	#119
Why is it a sin to eat lobster and pork?	NickB79	Aug 2012	#141
e	femrap	Aug 2012	#143
Critical thinking is important.	kiva	Aug 2012	#101
A	femrap	Aug 2012	#117
Your source isn't an endocrinologist either, he's a fucking loon	Codeine	Aug 2012	#152
I wondered about that and the poster probably knows that.	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#153
"Internet lecture"........"the gentleman cited studies but I didn't write them down."	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#103
G	femrap	Aug 2012	#115
If you have sources cite them. Close-minded is making assertions without attribution.	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#125
d	femrap	Aug 2012	#134
you should get slammed for that shit.	cali	Aug 2012	#108
This post was hidden by jury decision.	femrap	Aug 2012	#114
F	femrap	Aug 2012	#128
Ya know - calling people who disagree "close-minded" is kind of rude.	yellowcanine	Aug 2012	#135
click	femrap	Aug 2012	#142
No ban...	ElboRuum	Aug 2012	#123
pi	femrap	Aug 2012	#126
Halfpasthuman.com?	Codeine	Aug 2012	#150
Does it make it any easier to shave?	jberryhill	Aug 2012	#2
Oh, Lordy.. If only I had a pitbull to hide behind at the Olive Garden while breast feeding openly.	hlthe2b	Aug 2012	#3
Chicken thread! Chicken thread!	Lasher	Aug 2012	#12
You leave your corn flakes out of it!	hlthe2b	Aug 2012	#14
And UTI's can occur without symptoms and cause permanent kidney damage.	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#4
eh	WooWooWoo	Aug 2012	#6
I have a good friend who converted to Islam and married a Muslim young woman.	MADem	Aug 2012	#20
That's because up until around 10 days old or so	Panasonic	Aug 2012	#39
A reliable link to back up that statement about no nerve endings?	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#72
Nonsense	dkhbrit	Aug 2012	#116
That's been debunked	Xithras	Aug 2012	#139
If there's no nerve endings how do they feel that it is cold?	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#145
Could be possible.	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#169
You can provide sources that prove babies don't feel pain?	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#170
Oh, wonderful, a poster who puts straw men in their subject line.	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#174
The question was on whether or not it hurts the child	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#180
That does not justify the straw man in the reply title.	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#182
I was trying to stay on topic	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#184
Bull.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2012	#148
Eh...	kenfrequed	Aug 2012	#105
He did if he wanted to marry his bride.	MADem	Aug 2012	#110
It was a choice he made as an adult	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#147
Well no--it wasn't a choice because he would have had to abandon his bride.	MADem	Aug 2012	#159
Unless someone put a gun to his head he had a choice to marry or not marry that woman	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#160
Well, you might be one of the rare few people who thinks getting married is like buying a loaf of	MADem	Aug 2012	#161
You feel marriage is not a choice?	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#162
The suggestion was that being forced to NOT marry was acceptable.	MADem	Aug 2012	#178
You say it wasn't a choice	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#181
If you think "choosing" to marry or not, once a person is engaged, is an actual choice, I feel sorry	MADem	Aug 2012	#187
This is surreal	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#190
male circumcision is no more mutilation than any surgery....	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#194
If a doctor performed FGM would it not be mutilation?	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#195
we do a lot of things without their consent for health reasons...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#197
The health reasons for circumcision are largely being found to be bunk	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#198
hygiene purposes...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#200
Soap/water - heard of it?	closeupready	Aug 2012	#203
In the US, in 2012? Where could anyone possibly access such things	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#206
Duh, of course. Excuse my stupidity -	closeupready	Aug 2012	#211
soap and water don't prevent all infections...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#207
From your link:	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#205
all you are proving is that there is not a medical consensus on the issue...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#209
So if there is a pretty strong consensus that there aren't any real benefits	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#212
let parents and doctors decide	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#219
And for my other example . . .	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#221
It damn well is if, after reflection, I say it is.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#196
so you oppose all procedures done on infants?	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#199
If not medically necessary, I sure do. 'My body, my choice'	closeupready	Aug 2012	#201
there are plenty of doctors who think it is medically necessary..	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#204
Most doctors take my position.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#210
then why does almost every ob doctor do circumcisions?	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#213
If you tell your doctor you don't want your kids vaccinated they will comply	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#222
Why do they? I thought they were supposed to be specialists	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#228
There are doctors in Egypt who believe the same thing about female genital cutting.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#227
I read once about	pipoman	Aug 2012	#28
Get a grip!	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#66
What is a minor procedure in infants	Warpy	Aug 2012	#30
i think the question is, should it be the parents decision	WooWooWoo	Aug 2012	#35
There are no medical benefits to female circumcision, so this isn't comparable. n/t	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#43
Maybe they just need to look harder.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#83
While inflammatory	kenfrequed	Aug 2012	#133
"Circumcision - a surgery in search of a problem"	closeupready	Aug 2012	#166
What part of simple procedure in infancy, serious procedure later	Warpy	Aug 2012	#48
so "my body, my decision"	WooWooWoo	Aug 2012	#92
It only applies to females, not males.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#97
Yup. On this board, at least.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#167
Check out age of consent in your state	Warpy	Aug 2012	#136
"age of consent"? Really?	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2012	#149
Since they're not at age of consent, does that mean it's okay to have sex with them?	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#229
I don't think possibly painful = serious or drastic	Nine	Aug 2012	#98
It's not a minor procedure.	JackRiddler	Aug 2012	#120
In infants, yes it is.	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#172
Hysteria? The foreskin has more nerve endings than the clitoris	ilikeitthatway	Aug 2012	#237
Having your clitoris removed is more painful as an adult than as a child	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#146
This message was self-deleted by its author	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#171
Most adult circumcisions are done because of a medical complication	riderinthestorm	Aug 2012	#179
Minor? Um, no.	ilikeitthatway	Aug 2012	#236
I watched it done to my son. It obviously hurt like a son of a bitch.	lumberjack_jeff	Aug 2012	#250
Mohel's new profession:	calsawals	Aug 2012	#111
we have foreskin for a reason	Enrique	Aug 2012	#7
We have an appendix for a reason as well, contrary to what we were told once upon a	2on2u	Aug 2012	#13
how about tonsils?	wordpix	Aug 2012	#51
Nowadays tonsils mostly stay in unless they interfere with breathing	AngryAmish	Aug 2012	#99
we have foreskin for a reason	AlbertCat	Aug 2012	#19
However, that reason may be less valid since the advent of wearing clothes.	Psephos	Aug 2012	#32
foreskin is purposeful	calsawals	Aug 2012	#112
I have that tattooed on my shaved private area	jberryhill	Aug 2012	#86
The science seems quite sound.	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#8
Yes, although from the article, it seems they are basing this analysis off a few studies in Uganda.	antigone382	Aug 2012	#9
These were large-scale WHO studies conducted in different countries in Africa	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#17
These studies had scientific problems...	My Pet Goat	Aug 2012	#59
All study participants had the same counseling about safe sex	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#63
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Scootaloo	Aug 2012	#80
The French National Council on AIDS (2007) has stated	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#242
Why is the medical consensus in the rest of the developed world not buying it?	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#73
No, it isn't. Not even close. Please see the link below for explanation.	idwiyo	Aug 2012	#87
Science not that sound	unc70	Aug 2012	#88
Please PM me with the link to your post. I would love to read it and don't want to miss it.	idwiyo	Aug 2012	#191
Not to mention the bland fondue....	2on2u	Aug 2012	#10
I'm gonna have to keep an eye on this thread! Time for a snack...	LeftofObama	Aug 2012	#11
Circumsized men	sulphurdunn	Aug 2012	#15
Doctors Charge $300 and hour + Tips. n/t	Grassy Knoll	Aug 2012	#16
I'd like to see comparisons with European countries, not Uganda, to see medical benefits.	Mass	Aug 2012	#18
The majority of European men -- indeed, the majority of ALL men, are uncircumcised	RufusTFirefly	Aug 2012	#21
No no no!	Hydra	Aug 2012	#24
You sound like my neighbor discussing global warming	joeglow3	Aug 2012	#183
That's the problem with lazy science	Hydra	Aug 2012	#186
I'd like to see comparisons of countries with a high degree of personal hygiene	Art_from_Ark	Aug 2012	#31
That too....	Mass	Aug 2012	#36
But their wee wees fall off at age 62.	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#41
If you actually believe that,	Art_from_Ark	Aug 2012	#47
Is it a nice bridge? Will you take a check?	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#50
Oh, I think it's quite obvious from the picture	Art_from_Ark	Aug 2012	#56
That's why their nursing home workers don't complain about it.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#75
ding ding, me too.	wordpix	Aug 2012	#52
Yes, but the men are so pale and wan and...	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#74
Statistical outlier	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#158
holy hell not this again	iamthebandfanman	Aug 2012	#23
Nothing like a good penis thread to liven things up	Major Nikon	Aug 2012	#27
Oh, this is going to be going on for awhile.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#230
Nothing is more important than preservation of the teeny tiny turtleneck.	aquart	Aug 2012	#26
...	xchrom	Aug 2012	#33
or as we prefer to call it, "the elephant trunk"	wordpix	Aug 2012	#53
And again if that sort of bullshit statement were made about fgm you would be out of here.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2012	#58
Teeny tiny?!	Codeine	Aug 2012	#64
Except for the itty bitty clitties.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#76
Let's ask Anthony Weiner.	Fuddnik	Aug 2012	#34
And we are all experts on HIS thing.	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#40
How come they cherrypicked the comparison.	JackRiddler	Aug 2012	#37
dam posts like this makes me miss the lounge.....	madrchsod	Aug 2012	#42
Many years ago when I was a nurse in OB delivery	flying_wahini	Aug 2012	#44
It is mentioned above	Sgent	Aug 2012	#46
"designed to"	jberryhill	Aug 2012	#54
you forgot to mention	HankyDub	Aug 2012	#65
Women dying in childbirth is not part of "intelligent design".	Manifestor_of_Light	Aug 2012	#252
having had some experience with old elephant trunk,	wordpix	Aug 2012	#55
From the report...	My Pet Goat	Aug 2012	#60
I think this study would have more relevance to practices in the US	Emillereid	Aug 2012	#67
The AAP	Sgent	Aug 2012	#78
Need to pay attention to the number needed treat to have even a small effect.	Emillereid	Aug 2012	#82
This post was hidden by jury decision.	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#68
I wonder how quickly that post would get hidden	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#85
Wonder how many people get papillomavirus (HPV) via oral n/t	AlphaCentauri	Aug 2012	#69
They should have their mouths cut out at birth for their own protection.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#90
At least they wouldn't blame uncircumcised men n/t	AlphaCentauri	Aug 2012	#157
They can have my sons' foreskins when they pry them from my cold dead fingers.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#71
Doctors' Circumcision Recommendations Influenced By Personal Factors, Study Finds	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#77
More than Foreskin: Circumcision Status, History of HIV/STI, and Sexual Risk in a Clinic-Based	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#79
"When bad science kills, or how to spread AIDS" by Brian D. Earp	idwiyo	Aug 2012	#84
Than you for this link	unc70	Aug 2012	#94
One more reason for me to know that my penis is AWESOME! n/t	Ian David	Aug 2012	#102
Christopher Hitchens on circumcision	Brainstormy	Aug 2012	#106
Neonatal nurse writing on circumcision	Brainstormy	Aug 2012	#107
I don't see how anyone can support this	cpwm17	Aug 2012	#129
My sons were alright during the procedure	Nikia	Aug 2012	#144
I actually laughed at one part of this	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#173
Well it's a good thing you're circumcised	cpwm17	Aug 2012	#189
Agreed. Fully. nt	Union Scribe	Aug 2012	#241
"<cut> "	Remmah2	Aug 2012	#109
When will people stop treating this propaganda as though it were "news"?	JackRiddler	Aug 2012	#118
Cranking up the popcorn maker...	ElboRuum	Aug 2012	#122
We haven't had a Chuggo thread in a while...	ElboRuum	Aug 2012	#124
So condoms don't stop those things?	Alduin	Aug 2012	#132
I can only go on my on experience...	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#137
+1 not to mention -i like being cut.	xchrom	Aug 2012	#151
Weird thought, but not everything is about you.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#164
Gee, sorry for sharing.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#185
The topic of this thread is not your penis.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#188
Yeah, and I get tired of anti-circumcision fanatics.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#192
Favoring a form of penis with which boys are born is not	closeupready	Aug 2012	#193
Going on and on about a topic that excites a mere handful of people smacks of fanatacism.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#220
On this issue, it's the tiny minority of fanatics who spew 99% of the venom.	apocalypsehow	Aug 2012	#244
Take your religious sideshow and hocus-pocus elsewhere.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#245
I'll take the voice of reason right where I please, thank you very much.	apocalypsehow	Aug 2012	#247
just when gonorrhea is becoming incurable.	pansypoo53219	Aug 2012	#138
If the science is sound, then young men -	Hell Hath No Fury	Aug 2012	#155
Removing the penis entirely would eliminate STDs and unwanted pregnancies entirely	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#156
that doesn't even make sense...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#202
No it wouldn't	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#208
notice all of that says to give parents the information and let them decide...	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#214
It actually says that circumcision is not advisable	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#215
I personly don't care...leave it up to parents and their doctor....	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#217
I would second guess anyone making permanent medical decisions	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#218
I made my position clear and you parse my words..	Green_Lantern	Aug 2012	#224
Or more often based on consulting their religious figure of choice	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#225
"looks better" - well, there's a first for everything, I suppose.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#226
"His body, his choice."	closeupready	Aug 2012	#163
Q: how do you get a progressive to argue for religion trumping personal choice?	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#216
Yeah, funny how that works.	closeupready	Aug 2012	#223
Except for medical emergencies, intentional amputation should always be	ZombieHorde	Aug 2012	#168
16 states' Medicaid programs don't pay for elective infant circumcision.	Butterbean	Aug 2012	#175
18 states.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#231
I suspected as much. It read that way. Thank you. n/t	Butterbean	Aug 2012	#243
I had daughters so in the end I didn't have to worry about this	gollygee	Aug 2012	#176
Anti-circ RN	EllkayRN	Aug 2012	#232
Thank you for sharing your perspectives and experiences on this thread.	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#233
Excellent points from an informed source. Thank you and	annabanana	Aug 2012	#234
Baloney! All debunked, and licences ought to be stripped.	ilikeitthatway	Aug 2012	#235
Routine circumcision came to America thanks to a Christian fundamentalist	ilikeitthatway	Aug 2012	#238
"Plain Facts for Old and Young" by John Harvey Kellog. The scientific thinking	Crunchy Frog	Aug 2012	#239
Barbaric mutiliation with no good reason to do it. Only religious insanity.	Manifestor_of_Light	Aug 2012	#240
Whatever.	kwassa	Aug 2012	#248
She obviously thinks mutiliating her son is good, then.	Manifestor_of_Light	Aug 2012	#249
She obviously doesn't think it is mutilation.	kwassa	Aug 2012	#251
It IS mutilation no matter what she thinks.	Manifestor_of_Light	Aug 2012	#253
I don't think it is mutilation either.	kwassa	Aug 2012	#256
The same could be said for any kind of mutilation	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#254
Civilized countries allow circumcision.	kwassa	Aug 2012	#257
And in this case they're wrong	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#258
I've been silent on this issue long enough - and I know you are all dying to hear my opinion :)	cabot	Aug 2012	#246
People circumcise because it seems normal to them.	Nine	Aug 2012	#255
The origins of circumsism.....	E_A_	Aug 2012	#259
It's not always about religion.	Nine	Aug 2012	#260
Info	E_A_	Aug 2012	#261

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