I have half a dozen medical practitioners in my extended family, and two in my immediate family. So for me this is just common knowledge, but if you want to see something from a more respectable source. Why not the American Medical association.

http://www.circumstitions.com/AMA.html

Personally I think the rewards far outweigh the risks. The document sites diseases, infection, and transmission. So you can verify what I said was true. Further more for those that say that it is a heinous painful act it can be performed without anesthesia. I think there is a lot of nut check spasms in this thread.

Please take note that it is not necessarily a complimentary thread. Too much pining over a small thing. Never met a circumcised person that bitched about being circumcised. Just isn't a major deal. Believe it or not you do not miss it one bit.

Well, now we do.

most of the diseases they mention, youre not likely to get anyway, some of the stuff they suggest or say is "possible", meaning its not definetive, also some of there studys the admit are from small samples and again may not be accurate, you linked to something that says there are no definete benefits, just some possible benefits, atleast from what i can tell.

it also says they "do not" reccomend making them compulsury, but giving people the option, no-one is arguing that you shouldnt have that choice, the argument i made, was who makes that choice and when.

Well, I wasn't and I was quite fine with it. But it started to bug me a bit... and one day I had one too many drinks... http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=79637

lol! That's so sick...

I do so well at hiding my religious beliefs. This thread's going to expose me eventually!

Oh please, you've only posted in it twice!

Yes I am.

Also, I am and always was and will be, an atheist. lol

I have studied both arguments now and I think I can safely say that no real reason exists for circumcision and the notion behind it seems to be from religious backgrounds. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) states that data does exist to show that circumcision does provide potential medical benefits, however, these 'potential' benefits are in no way sufficient to recommend routine circumcision (source). Risks do exist with circumcision, as with anything, but they are rare. But the pain can last for two weeks, and can be especially intense during urination as well as an increased risk of infection leading to troubling consiquences later in life (source). While risks are rare an 8 year study showed that 4% of people who have their foreskin removed have trouble retracting it when stimulated, this is one of the more common risks (source).

Conversely the argument for it suggest that it helps with genital hygiene. However, not much conclusive evidence for this exists and the suggestion is that taking a hygienic approach during a whole lifetime is much more effective than a little snip (source). But studies also suggest that the sex lives of people with circumcised penises are often more varied, which I think is an advantage.

In my view it is essentially unwilling genital mutilation of a child, with little or no real benefits and the benefits that do exist can much more easily attained by having a more healthy and sexually safe lifestyle.

Would you ask for your vestigial tail to be removed at birth? Because it has no use and the risk of infection is less if you do.

Not really i don't see much point of it, plus this is not really popular in Europe.