Good one, Jez.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gentlemen - please snip your posts...
>
> :-)
>
> On 16 March 2015 at 15:22, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Well these guys are a bit over the top, but I agree with their position
> > on male circumcision. I was faced with this decision when my wife and I
> > adopted our son. He was eleven months old and was uncircumcised. I was
> very
> > reluctant to have it done to him at almost one year of age. Allegedly
> there
> > is little pain when done on a neonate (yes, they scream bloody murder
> when
> > it is done, but then they scream bloody murder when you change their
> > diaper, so I don't know what that means), but at a years age their
> sensory
> > system is fully functional. The medical benefits in a first world country
> > are minimal at best. It reduces the incidence of penile carcinoma from
> rare
> > to very rare and supposedly reduces the risk of acquiring HIV. This is
> > accomplished by reducing the rate of other sexually transmitted disease
> > that break down the mucosal barrier to viruses. Also, circumcision
> results
> > in the toughening of the skin of the glans penis due to friction with
> > clothing. These benefits were pretty minimal and to my mind were not
> worth
> > it.
> > The downside to circumcision: any surgical procedure has a small risk;
> > supposedly there is a loss of sensitivity during sexual intercourse, but
> > this is speculative, I don't know any way to measure that objectively.
> > Some consider it mutilation, but that is a bit extreme. It is more of a
> > modification.
> > On balance I didn't think the benefits were worth it.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > > http://leowesson.smugmug.com/2015/i-TC4Z4DP/0/O/150315LWW141315.jpg
> > >
> > > Thanks for looking!
> > >
> > > Leo Wesson
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> > > 817.733.9157
> > > www.leowesson.com
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