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To: HungarianGypsy; conservative cat; It's me
The so-called barbarism of circumcision is less traumatic that ear-piercing.
Are you kidding me!? Have you ever witnessed a circumcision?
I have, once upon a time when I was a nurse. This is how it went:

Place naked, screaming, day old, infant spread eagle, on his back, in plastic mold (made especially for circumcision).
Strap restraints at ankles and wrist, arms and across chest of screaming infant.
Doctor pulls foreskin of screaming infant and slices off foreskin with no anesthesia.
Place gauze with infused antibiotic petroleum jelly over penis.
Place diaper on screaming baby.
Clothe baby and try and console infant boy who had surgery performed on extremely sensitive part of his body with no anesthesia.

After witnessing this I swore that none of my boys would be circumcised. I guess it helped that I am not Jewish and my husband is from Europe.
There is no way that my daughters went through this when they got their ears pierced.

Just liberal women are against this?
Just 90% of the rest of the PLANET are against circumcision and DON'T circumcize their baby boys.

Well put, It's me.
Thanks for adding LIGHT to the subject....instead of just heat.

327 posted on 04/06/2006 6:46:18 AM PDT by starfish923
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To: starfish923; RipSawyer
90% of the human males on this planet don't have it done.

90% of the rest of the PLANET

Source please.

And think about it logically; male circumcision is dictated by Judeism and Islam. A good majority of Christians also participate in the practice. When you take those three groups alone, there's not exactly 90% of the world's male population left over. More around 40-60%, maybe less.

329 posted on 04/06/2006 6:53:54 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hitler and Stalin have nothing on Abortion)
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