[sully777]

I wonder how the first one was done, and the parties involved, "convinced"?

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babies have no choice. Children may have pain but rarely remember. Adults probably drank some locally produced intoxicant for days. No wonder the Hebrew scriptures dictate the 8th day...which BTW is when a baby's blood coagulates quicker, according to the doctors that performed the operation on my boy. Mazol Tov!

[CarrotAndStick]

Statistically, there hasn't been any convincing argument for circumcision as a benefit, health-wise.


In Europe, barring the Muslims and the Jews, barely anyone performs this. In the US, it is a widespread practice.

But the rates of infection and the like are near identical, if not lower, in Europe, IIRC.