On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 2:35:39 PM UTC+1, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > Intelligent  wrote in   
   > news:narn39$ot7$2@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   > > Circumcision of minors is mayhem and irreversible body modification   
   > > that damages and mutilates the sex organ.  Being irreversible, it   
   > > effects or destroys future abilities or experiences.  It thus should   
   > > be entirely prohibited on minors who have no capability of consenting   
   > > for the rest of their lives to a forever life altering act.  Would you   
   > > find it okay for a parent to mutilate their child in other ways?  How   
   > > about cutting a child's ears, or nose or fingers off, or binding a   
   > > child's feet to keep them small, or splitting their tongue?  How about   
   > > cutting a child's penis off entirely?  Certainly all such practices   
   > > damage the integrity of the human body, and impair its function for   
   > > its entire life.  You would not find it okay to impose circumcision on   
   > > an adult male, would you?  Would you find it okay to cut an adult   
   > > male's fingers or penis off?  Then how can you find it okay to impose   
   > > circumcision on a baby, a child, or a teenager who will grow into an   
   > > adult male?   
   > >   
   > > Given that circumcision is irreversible body modification, it should   
   > > not be performed on minors, except for true medical reasons just as   
   > > any other medically necessary operation.   
   > >   
   > > Non medically necessary circumcision on minors should be prosecuted as   
   > > mayhem.  As larceny of body it is the most serious of crimes in the   
   > > world.   
   > >   
   > > I say this as someone who was circumcised, and disagrees with the   
   > > practice on minors!  Leave the decision of circumcision as a personal   
   > > decision to adults!   
   > >   
   > > Also, people should have to wait at least 1 week and come back before   
   > > getting a tattoo, and certainly any more extensive body modification   
   > > including circumcision.   
   > >   
   >   
   >   
   > "The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) found that   
   > the medical benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks".   
   >   
   > https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/circumcision.html   
      
   Well, they would say that, if it is a reprise of their previous utterances.    
   After all, it is their cash cow.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Women's Preferences for Penile Circumcision In Sexual Partners   
   >   
   > http://www.circumcisioninformation.com/womenpref.html   
      
   I remember an episode of "sex in the City" where the 4 main characters were   
   discussing the merits of circumcision or not with relation to their sexual   
   partners.  The consensus was they really didn't know what to do with an   
   uncircumcised penis!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)