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Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk
NY Times ^
| Published: August 23, 2009
| RONI CARYN RABIN
Posted on 08/23/2009 6:12:04 PM PDT by Gordon Greene
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To: antonico
Maybe you should know that its only uncircumcised men that get penile cancer. Hmmm. The AMA, Royal Australian College of Physicians and the American Cancer Society all disagree with you. But who are they to know ...
To: Beelzebubba
to spend zillions to cure AIDS, just so he could have anal sex WITHOUT A CONDOMBut..but...but... but what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom isn't societies business (/sarc). You must be some kind of homophobic bigot (/double sarc.)
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posted on
08/23/2009 7:36:13 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
To: antonico
Maybe you should know that its only uncircumcised men that get penile cancer. Shall I have my breasts removed in order to prevent breast cancer?
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posted on
08/23/2009 7:43:40 PM PDT
by
Dianna
(Obama Barbie: Governing is hard.)
To: Beelzebubba
dubious claim???
What the hell are you talking about?
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posted on
08/23/2009 7:47:23 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Gordon Greene
Is this why obama had "wee wee" on his mind?
Maybe he was preparing us for the next stage of his plan.
To: Gordon Greene
“Fighting AIDS”? How about fighting to to keep their zippers up? It works! No harmful side effects! No cost!
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posted on
08/23/2009 7:58:14 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Gordon Greene
Circumcision is cleaner thats for sure.
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:01:49 PM PDT
by
ColdSteelTalon
(Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
To: OldSpice
>The hard, desensitised callus skin formed on the glans because of the protective foreskin being removed might have an influence in preventing minor cuts during intercourse that might lower chances of picking up HIV and other STDs, but consider the fact that Sweden, where circumcision rates are practically nil, has a lower HIV prevalence rate than Pakistan, where practically all males are circumcised. Malaysia, another Islamic country with near-total male circumcision rates, has five times the HIV prevalence rate as Sweden.<
The reason for the difference is that Swedish men use soap when the wash themselves off. You know and I know that you can kill darn near any germ with a little warm water and soap.
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:08:59 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
( "Where's the birth certificate?")
To: B4Ranch
Yes, so it would be idiotic to lop off body parts that could be accomodated with a little soap and water, correct?
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:11:22 PM PDT
by
OldSpice
To: ColdSteelTalon
Colistomy is even “cleaner”.
Your faeces directly deposits itself into a sanitary bag, via a sealed port on the abdomen wall. No muck, no tissues.
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:13:10 PM PDT
by
OldSpice
To: OldSpice
Colistomy is even cleaner Silly goose your being absurd... :) I did laugh when I read this...
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:15:06 PM PDT
by
ColdSteelTalon
(Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
To: OldSpice
Correct. In other the parts of countries such as Africa and Malaysia where the daily use of soap is not common, circumcision would have a benefit, I would presume.
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:15:09 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
( "Where's the birth certificate?")
To: Dianna
Shall I have my breasts removed in order to prevent breast cancer? I have read of just such a case (no, I can't cite a source) All her sisters and mother and grand mother had breast cancer and she found a doc to remove her's as a preventive measure.
Not reccommended for everybody.
To: dalereed
dubious claim???
What the hell are you talking about?
It’s called “vo-cab-u-lar-y”.
Look it up.
(Let me know if would help if I spelled it in ALL CAPS to aid your comprehension).
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:16:17 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Typical "Rightwing Extremist")
To: OldSpice
“via a sealed port on the abdomen wall.”
Another use for duct tape, no doubt.
I think maybe a large sandwich bag, a “bendy” straw and duct tape. That oughta do it!
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:17:03 PM PDT
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - Jesus said, "I am THE way, THE truth and THE life." Any questions?)
To: Gordon Greene
Obama's Bris Panel
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:17:42 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Health Care Reform has met the DEATH Panel.)
To: ColdSteelTalon
As absurd and backward as ritual circumcision (not medical, mind you).
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:18:47 PM PDT
by
OldSpice
To: OldSpice
Correlation is not causation.
Do consider that Muslim cultures are cursed with at least three to four times the number of homosexuals (those engaging in male/male sex) that places like Sweden.
Sweden being Christian, does not allow polygamy. Islam does.
When one man has four wives, three men have no wife.
Why do you think America forced the LDS church to give up polygamy?
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:21:06 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: ColdSteelTalon; OldSpice
Colistomy is even cleanerSilly goose your being absurd... :) I did laugh when I read this...
I didn't even smile. I've had a colostomy and 9 months later a reconnect, followed over the years by 3 seperate hernia surgeries from the original surgery, followed by periodical intestinal blockage by scar tissue build up......not too much fun.
(But hey! I can take a joke.)
To: Beelzebubba
No....a study was done in some African country.
Two villages....not all that far from each other.
One had all their males circumcised...the other did not. All due to religious beliefs...
The men of the both villages frequented the same places....
More men of the un-circumcised villager's contracted the HIV virus...than the circumcised villager's....
There was direct correlation....
fwiw-
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:23:40 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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