tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466799064761687361.post5771122136630885352..comments2023-10-30T06:06:10.496-07:00Comments on Keeping Up With the Blogses: Circumcision - One Healthy Cutsouthfield_2001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377814431642627185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466799064761687361.post-45118316968380847002007-02-23T17:32:00.000-08:002007-02-23T17:32:00.000-08:00I believe I read the total in Britain was 1 in 90,...I believe I read the total in Britain was 1 in 90,000 babies die after circumcision.<BR/>Penile cancers of the uncut are very high though, but it comes later in life.<BR/>I agree, that if the stats are true about the HIV and Aids, you can't trust the third world to use condoms, hell, you can't trust a 16 year old in the West to use a condom.Baconeaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134934827966299989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466799064761687361.post-9743913469038139522007-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:002007-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:00beaj - doesn't really seem to have established a l...beaj - doesn't really seem to have established a link between one and the other. I suppose it could happen, just as one in a million babies suffers a horrific allergic reaction to inoculation.<BR/>I don't remember being circumcised and I have no qualms about having a bris for both my sons. Not being much more religious than you are, I will say that it had a real impact on me in the sense of tying into my history.<BR/>On a side note, my wife insists women prefer helmetless soldiers.<BR/><BR/>beanie - as I noted in my post, it may be difficult to offer widespread circumcision in developing countries. That, however, does not discount the very real findings of medical studies.<BR/>I believe you have the equation backwards. You say it is 'at best' unnecessary. I believe it is 'at worst' unnecessary. At best, it offers health benefits and not solely restricted to HIV.southfield_2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/12377814431642627185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466799064761687361.post-36374750430346336142007-02-23T08:24:00.000-08:002007-02-23T08:24:00.000-08:00Even with this news circumcision is at best unnece...Even with this news circumcision is at best unnecessary. Ignoring the fact that circumcised men can still get HIV, the third world doesn't have the medical facilities necessary to perform this surgery on every man without complications. If we can't trust them to learn about safe sex and use charity distributed condoms, why would we trust them to clean the knife between circumcisions, or have antiseptics, antibiotics on hand to thwart infection of the surgical wound?Beanie's Appahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05461561885312695410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466799064761687361.post-15162410209566156842007-02-23T05:20:00.000-08:002007-02-23T05:20:00.000-08:00You missed this negative press.Personally, I have ...You missed this <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=436593&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true#StartComments" REL="nofollow">negative press</A>.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I have no recollection of my circuscision and to my knowledge never did. If it made my parents and immediate family feel justified at the time, I don't have a problem with it.Baconeaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134934827966299989noreply@blogger.com