Reply #191: And they're all bullshit.

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Here's some other diseases that Circumcision "cured" in the past...

Rickets
Insanity
Bed Wetting
Nightmares
Masturbation
Fidgeting (Restless Leg Syndrome)
Tuberculosis
Gangrene
Polio
Epilepsy
Diarrhea
Syphilis
Cancer (it doesn't matter which)
Phimosis
"Sand Under Foreskin" - a myth to justify mass circs in WWII during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Many others

Not a fundamentalist. I just respect the ownership of each person's body, no matter the age. You, on the other hand, seem to be a bit fundamentalist that dicks should be chopped apart at infancy, for some high minded "common good". If it is such a nuclear meltdown necessity for humanity's survival, then consider... When the British set up the NHS, they decided not to pay for circumcisions. The rate of circs in Britain fell from 35% down to less than 10%. It must only be medically necessary if someone else is paying for it.

If the US is the only country left in the modern world who still practices this with regularity, and Asia, Australia, and especially Europe see it as unnecessary and in some cases barbaric, the the WHO has a lot of explaining to do.

I read your link long ago. You are not giving me anything new. But... you are reading the AIDS study wrong. The WHO recommendations are for AFRICA only and for ADULT MEN ONLY. Not universal, worldwide infant circumcision.

Since we're on the world stage with you, is the UN just as valid as WHO regarding Circumcision? ...

United Nations adopts Convention on the Rights of the Child. Section 14 guarantees children their own freedom of belief and religion, and Section 24.3 requires signatories to "take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children", meaning circumcision among other cruel or harmful customs. Ratified by Australia, December 1990.

This AIDS study is also being questioned, not only for it's ethics, but also it's results. Expect the WHO to revise this recommendation within 5 years. As with all things in history, Circumcision will remain a cure in desperate search of a disease.