Circumcision May Not Reduce Sensation

ABC News ^ | 2 August 2007 | JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN

[voiceinthewind]

There are a few threads on Free Republic that can cause fireworks. These are, IMHO:

1. Breastfeeding

2. Circumcision

3. Harry Potter

[Billthedrill]

I like it when they’re all on the same thread.

[allmendream]

It was not thought necessary to the majority of our forbearers throughout history, even during times of extreme Christian religious faith. Paul says it is no more necessary than following the dietary restrictions. He speaks of “spiritual-circumcision” which is probably less painful, although it wouldn’t convey the possible protection from penile cancer and STD’s.

They used to say “Those shorts were so tight you could tell a chaps religion”; because the majority of Gentiles were uncut.

[allmendream]

Yes, the poor guy who some psycho psychologist decided was his test case for the idea that gender was entirely a social construct was a botched circumcision who they attempted to turn into a girl. The psycho lied, the poor guy figured out what happened and tried to live as a man without his penis rather than being what he was not and never would be...a woman.

[voiceinthewind]

I did wonder a bit if there was a correlation but decided to just drop the whole chain of thought.

[DoughtyOne]

Well I for one am convinced that Harry Potter wouldn’t have had to go what he did if he’d have been a circumcised breastfeeder.

Heh heh heh...

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it. Some of the writings in the New Testament do open up interesting ground for discussion.

[voiceinthewind]

LOL! There went the Dr. Pepper!

[Billthedrill]

Yeh - not sure we wanna go there even on a Friday...

[Old Sarge]

You forgot any thread where the URL ends in “/posts”...

[DoughtyOne]

LOL, have a great weekend...

[dangerdoc]

I’ve seen more genital emergencies with uncirc tykes than those with circumcission.

Circumcission heals in a fews days and rarely gets infected. In fact I never saw an infection.

Uncircumcised babies or their hygene motivated mothers pull the foreskin back, there is some swelling, the foreskin gets stuck in the retracted position and cuts off blood flow to the glans. I’ve never seen amputation as the result but I’ve seen some severely inflamed members and a few emergent surgeries.

The funny thing is that I had never seen this condition prior to moving to California and serving a largely immigrant population. Circumcission rates where I trained was about 100%

There is risk to having an intact foreskin in the early pediatric years.

[DoughtyOne]

Interesting...

[MotleyGirl70]

Never “met” an uncircumcised man. Seen pics, that is all.

Me too. Ick.

It looks like a martian. It has no face; no personality.

[Alter Kaker]

There may well be some valid reasons for expressing caution regarding Gardasil (if only because of the aggressive way Merck has been marketing it).

However, the "my little girl isn't a slut and therefore won't ever be exposed to HPV" argument is utterly idiotic.

[MotleyGirl70]

There are a few threads on Free Republic that can cause fireworks. These are, IMHO:

1. Breastfeeding

2. Circumcision

3. Harry Potter

You forgot

4. Tattoos

[voiceinthewind]

Elaine, is that you? So, how’s life treating you?

[Emmett McCarthy]

I never heard about it curbing masturbation, but then again you couldn’t have a lot of young Israelites wandering around in the desert wasting time masturbating. A Rabbi told me once that circumcision was a sign of the optimism of the Jews - “before we even know how big it’s gonna be, we cut an inch off”.

[Billthedrill]

OK, work with me on this one. A breast-fed, circumcised Harry Potter finds work as a tattoo artist in General Sherman's March To The Sea while he does research for a book on evolution that will fund Rudy Giuliani's campaign.

Did I miss anything?

[DoughtyOne]

Tell the truth now, was that a lapsed Rabbi? LOL, pretty funny.