Judge won't block New York City circumcision law

[TheMadMonk]

85. Except where it's done with a sharpened seashell;

Or in a mass ceremony with a knife that's not properly sterilised between cuts.

Or by a Hep-C/herpes/HPV positive mohel.

Or in a hospital rife with necrotising fasciitis.

It's rare, but there are men out there who (because of a botched circumcision) will never know sexual pleasure, and who will only ever have children with the help of a turkey baster and a finger shoved up their back passage.


Medical issued which can be totally avoided with a good wash, approrpriate prophylaxis and not selecting casual sex partners on the basis of price or the recomendations of 1/2 a dozen mates who have been there before.

STDs may be taken home to the bedroom, but all too many are picked up in knee tremblers (AKA tupenny uprights) up against a back alley garbage skip.

In case you are unaware, the popularity of non-religious circumcision (including FGM in the second half of the 1800's) in America is almost entirely down to the promotion of the idea that it discouraged masturbation. ie. SEXUAL PLEASURE LATER IN LIFE.

It's mutilation! The sole difference lies in degree not kind.