Circumcision ban getting people snippy.

[fordy]

steverhcp02 said:

fordy said:

steverhcp02 said:
So yes, parents make an executive decision based on the information we give them of pros and cons. Cons being possible stimulation. Cons can include a possible mistake, just as any medical procedure. We are honest and as a medical profession who cares for countless readmmision of people not doing "easy" things, im completely in favor of a parent making an informed decision for their newborn BEFORE he can talk and rationalize or justify his choice which at that time would be traumatic to lose a part of your body, however small.

So you don't think a child gets to make a decision on something that will affect him his entire life? Very well, let's play with this:

You know, throat cancer is hard to get without a throat, so why not just rip those out at birth? After all, people can use those electronic voice boxes. Totally removes the risk of any chance there. How about bowel cancer huh? Kinda hard to get that if we tear out one's colon and leave them with colostomy bags. All in the name of NOT getting cancer, we have to cut ourselves up. See what kind of idiotic logic this is? You're willing to cut out PERFECTLY WORKING tissue in order to prevent the risk of something that is not likely to occur?

Once again, you sensationalize using an extreme case of removing vital organs for CANCERS. The removal of the foreskin limits the harboring of bacteria in dark, damp places. It needs to be cleaned daily if not more, it needs to be dried. It is something that has no effect on the function of the body by removing the foreskin. This isnt a cancer issue, its a comfort prophylacytic measure where the pros outweigh the cons. And again, its not being forced upon anyone.

The fact of the matter is people argueing against the right to CHOOSE to do this do so in very sensationlistic ways to try to either scare or justify their A) lack of knowledge and B) lack of argument. This isnt a fight to enforce this practice its a fight to preserve the right to this practice if one chooses. Those in favor of the former dont grasp the use of it as evidence by your analogy of removing vital organs to prevent cancer in an argument where we are removing essentially a skin tag to prevent the risk of infection.

The fact that youre comparing foreskin in functionality to the throat and bowels should have red flagged me to not even respond. but ive already typed and no sense in deleting it.

The foreskin has a function. It is still living tissue made to protect the glans. Since the foreskin also contains nerve endings, it also heightens stimulation. You're trying to tell me that the pros outweigh the cons, since when does severing of nerve endings on one's junk EVER have a pro that outweighs it.

You're being over dramatic about the care of such things too. There are plenty of intact males who do not clean regularly and still have had little to no problem whatsoever. It's been part of humans for thousands of years, and the way you speak, if you miss one day of cleaning, it will shrivel up and fall off.

I honestly think that you need to do a bit of research yourself. You mention lack of knowledge, and you're trying to justify your argument with ethos, in your case, saying you know best because you work in the medical industry. Give me a logical explanation of WHY even minimalistic maintenance is not sufficient enough to warrant a procedure that's potentially risky and usually debilitating to one's sensation.