re: #19 kreyagg

And I am also aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t think that circumcision is necessary.

Yep. They’re neutral on it. My wife thinks they’re conservative and behind the times.

And I will repeat, any advantage versus STDs is obviated by condom use. Any person would be safer if taught how to properly use a condom.

They’re not exclusive, so why pretend they are?

Here’s a good homework project for you. Is the rate of AIDS higher in Europe, where circumcision is rare, than it is in the US?

Fuck off with the homework project bullshit, seriously, how old are you? Obviously the rate of AIDS is dependent on far more fucking things than just circumcision, especially since circumcision is mainly relevant to the heterosexual transmission of AIDS. For fuck’s sake.

And yes, if people abuse their children they should go to jail.

Should parents who sign their kids up for contact sports be put in jail? Or ballet lessons? Why is circumcision treated specially as far as ‘harm’ goes? Is it because it’s attached to religion for some people?

I promise you that if Muslims and religious Jews stopped circumcisions tomorrow, that the only difference would be that religious Jewish and Muslim men would all have foreskins in 150 years and no body would know the difference. Or care.

You can’t promise jack shit. I’m not a religious Jew, my parents were not religious Jews, and I’m circumcised. We’re going to circumcise our children, should they be boys, because my wife— who’s medical opinion I absolutely trust— thinks it’s a good idea.