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First it was Happy Meals, now it's circumcision.; What's a kid to do?
Topic Started: Nov 11 2010, 06:10 PM (623 Views)
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Furthermore, if you want to talk about "medical benefit", why is Viagra covered in the new "health" care bill?


I was going to say that perhaps Obama is having problems.......................
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Interesting. Not a single person here has spoken in favor of allowing a major religion to continue a 5,000 year old practice that is statistically quite safe (despite the occasional error that can occur), and which has a cost benefit tradeoff that is not all cost and no benefit.


Which part is important?

- 5,000 years of practice? There's plenty of examples of long practices that shouldn't be continued, so the 5,000 years is really inconsequential.

- statistically quite safe. 100% safe is the only thing that can be supported - especially with a medical procedure that is 100% unnecessary. Only a small number of muslim wives die from abuse - is this a statistically safe practice?

- cost benefit tradeoff - as you state there is no benefit, it's all cost. So that's a losing argument.

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WHo says there's no benefit? It makes their Jewish grandparents happy.


Not enough for me to cut my son, but YMMV.
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There was a young boy raking leaves with his grandfather. The rake happened to pull an earthworm from its burrow. The boy tried to put the earthworm back in, but his grandfather laughed and said, "I'll give you five bucks if you can get that worm back in there!" The boy ran into the house, came back with the can of hairspray, sprayed the earthworm down, and then shoved it back in its burrow.

His grandfather gave him five dollars and then went in the house for a while. He came back out and handed his grandson five bucks. The boy said, "Grandpa! You already gave me five bucks!" With a chuckle, the oldfella' replied, "That's from your grandma!"
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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- statistically quite safe. 100% safe is the only thing that can be supported - especially with a medical procedure that is 100% unnecessary. Only a small number of muslim wives die from abuse - is this a statistically safe practice?


Horse manure. Even setting aside the offensive and stupid analogy.

Most anything we do that brings benefit also brings some risk. Of course circumcision isn't 'necessary.' It's a choice the family makes. It does bring possible benefits. The benefits have been reduced by regular bathing, but they have not been driven to zero. You cannot force uncircumcised men to practice cleanliness.
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Nov 16 2010, 07:58 AM
There was a young boy raking leaves with his grandfather. The rake happened to pull an earthworm from its burrow. The boy tried to put the earthworm back in, but his grandfather laughed and said, "I'll give you five bucks if you can get that worm back in there!" The boy ran into the house, came back with the can of hairspray, sprayed the earthworm down, and then shoved it back in its burrow.

His grandfather gave him five dollars and then went in the house for a while. He came back out and handed his grandson five bucks. The boy said, "Grandpa! You already gave me five bucks!" With a chuckle, the oldfella' replied, "That's from your grandma!"
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Yeah, that was really good! :D
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You cannot force uncircumcised men to practice cleanliness.


I know. And when their teeth start falling out from decay it looks terrible - disgusting really.

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They should call it the Unhappy Meal. If you order it, a bunch of creepy-assed clowns pop out and start beating your child. (I'd actually pay good money to watch that on television!)
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