Reply #200: how is it butchery?

[pitohui]

WHO is suggesting that circumcision provides some protection, if so, it should be available, as tansy says upstream a little, it can easily be done when the infant is receiving childhood vax

i do not understand how circumcision can be viewed as butchery, many americans (and i guess i am one) actually see it as more attractive and aesthetic, hence, to us, it is not butchered but enhanced, it's really just a matter of taste whether you think it's butchered or not

sort of like, to some people, if a woman has cut her hair, she has butchered herself and destroyed her looks, but to many of us, that attitude is old-fashioned and silly -- there is no right or wrong, it is simply a matter of taste

if you don't want circumcision for your kids, fine, but another parent might want another option

as far as interfering w. sensation, the issue you have is that condoms, indisputably, affect sensation for a lot of men, i don't know any circumcised man who claims to be unable to enjoy sex because of being circumcised but i know PLENTY who claim that sex can't be enjoyed w. a raincoat

send in the clowns indeed! it just seems like you are making an aesthetic argument (circumcision is icky and unnatural) and making it more important than the health argument

if this was joe blow minister saying get circumcised, ok, laugh it off, but it's WHO saying this

so i think the families should be offered the option