The good news, when some of us are too tired to stand the good fight

[BiDaveDtown]

A boy has a right to all of his healthy body-including and intact penis with a foreskin, and how he experiences it should be his choice--not the choice of a parent, a religious leader, a government, a medical board, surgeon/nurse, a philanthropist, or a doctor.

[drugstore cowboy]

An regarding your claim that there is no evidence that male circumcision is harmful, the very act of circumcision is harm inflicted upon a human being. We need no medical studies to tell us that. It can be argued this harm is for the greater long term good of the individual, but removing a small or large piece of healthy tissue and its incumbent nerves must by any literal difinition be regarded as harm.

Well said! Circumcision of boys is completely pointless and not needed at all. I have met Jewish people who are totally against it and did not get it done to their sons.

[bib4u]

Let's see, we are ALL born with certain parts, but "medical society" has deemed certain parts to be better off REMOVED!

Do you really need 8 fingers, two eyes? two nostrils, two ears, two testicles, two nipples, ALL that hair, after all you gotta cut it SO often,etc,etc,etc...?

Wonder what physical part[s] the hierarchy of medical society will deem "better off DELETED" in the future?

btw, personal choice anyone? it's not just for pregnant women any more!

[ExSailor]

Let's see, we are ALL born with certain parts, but "medical society" has deemed certain parts to be better off REMOVED! Do you really need 8 fingers, two eyes? two nostrils, two ears, two testicles, two nipples, ALL that hair, after all you gotta cut it SO often,etc,etc,etc...? Wonder what physical part[s] the hierarchy of medical society will deem "better off DELETED" in the future? btw, personal choice anyone? it's not just for pregnant women any more!

Right on!

[Young pussy and dope]

Bizel, cool it. Please. You show compassion, yet misunderstanding. My father also was natural (uncut). In WWII the army required him to be cut. He refused. It didn't happen. He had no regrets (why should he? I'm sure he would have told them to also go to hell if they told him to get lobotomized or cut toes or fingers off). I could see if I was forced into doing something and was afraid to stand up to it, and allowed it to be done, I would look back on it with my male ego like 'it was probably the best thing', and find some incidental positives too. A clear form of 'adaptive preference formation' (subset of cognitive dissonance). We've already seen many examples of this on these threads. And despite modern rhetoric, FGM and MGM share much in common. Both are done on innocent children. Both are sexual mutilation/molestation. Both are intended and succeed to critically reduce sexual feeling/gratification hopefully without killing procreation ability. Both are for the cleanliness of the victim. Both are very painful. Except for Rizzababies male children. She assured us they escaped all pain when she did it to them/him. We can take her word for it. Both are customs. Both are farces. Both are wrong, doubly so when enforced by a member of the opposite sex. A man has no business endorsing FGM as a woman has no business endorsing MGM. If you're unable to see why that's wrong on two levels... take some time. As far as your references of 'cut guys'... Don't write any masters' thesis papers using your logic method, you'll never graduate. But keep with your empathy and you'll find the right path.

Agree with you 1,000%