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Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk
NY Times ^ | Published: August 23, 2009 | RONI CARYN RABIN

Posted on 08/23/2009 6:12:04 PM PDT by Gordon Greene

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To: Gordon Greene

Well, unnecessary mutilation of genitals to appease a god is pretty backward, however much one might want to spin the barbarity.


141 posted on 08/24/2009 10:22:47 PM PDT by OldSpice
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To: ColdWater
What about female circumcision?

On that, I am absolutely opposed. Male circumcision is a minor modification of the male genitalia which doesn't impede any normal function. Female circumcision truly is genital mutiliation which does impede the normal functioning of the genitalia. There is no medical reason supporting its practice and volumes of research opposing its practice.

I see male circumcision like getting ears pierced and female circumcision as getting an ear cut off. Because of the difference in the severity of the consequences, I think it is reasonable to treat the two situations in a different manner.

142 posted on 08/25/2009 10:06:38 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: OldSpice

Spin it how you like, but God was not just looking for a gift of appeasement. The laws and restrictions that were laid down to follow in the scriptures were more obviously related to preserving the people and their health than to appeasing God. The problem here is that the people were backward in the ways of health and self preservation in a lot of respects. The New Testament made it clear that a lot of the restrictions that were given were no longer necessary (like in what we could and could not eat). It’s also true that by then the ability to prepare food, cleanliness and health / medicine had also advanced. This is my own interpretation, but the texts support it.

You’re inability to see or understand a thing does not make it untrue... and a British accent, contrary to Hollywood’s presentation of it, does not prove one’s intelligence.

Just so you know, I have a British accent in my head so when I’m typing it does makes me feel smarter.

And, last night I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.


143 posted on 08/25/2009 6:16:19 PM PDT by Gordon Greene (www.fracturedrepublic.com - Jesus said, "I am THE way, THE truth and THE life." Any questions?)
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To: earlJam; Cagey; Larry Lucido; Daffynition
I personally have never seen one of those things you guys walk around with that wasn't circumcised, but I'm quite certain I'd recoil in horror at the sight of one. LOL. (I crack myself up sometimes).

But that's just how I roll.

NTTAWWT

I need face. I need personality when it comes to those "things."

BTW, "How do you guys walk around with those things."

:)

Didn't read the full thread (yet) but I'm sure something was posted regarding Lainey.

Yes, Daffynition I know you're one of my kind I still had to ping ya.

144 posted on 08/25/2009 7:58:11 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Gordon Greene

In my limited sample

Uncircumsised men make much better lovers.


145 posted on 08/25/2009 8:19:28 PM PDT by Chickensoup (minestra di pollo)
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To: MotleyGirl70
Thanks for the ping Mot ...I haven't had nearly enough coffee yet to be of help ...

Circumcision Peels the Potato; Neutering Juliennes It
Man: We had him circumcised.
Woman: Circumcised?
Man: Yeah, whatever you do with dogs. You know...
Woman: Neutered?
Man: Isn't that the same thing?

--Central Park

Overheard by: Nettle
via Overheard in New York, Aug 21, 2009

146 posted on 08/26/2009 4:04:22 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: Gordon Greene
three percent of the population is queer, so make every male pay for their future sins??? please...
147 posted on 09/08/2009 5:56:24 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: NurdlyPeon
I wonder if they might consider promoting the idea that men should not engage in anal sex.

Especially since there is no evolutionary viaility...

148 posted on 09/08/2009 7:52:12 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: the invisib1e hand

OK, here goes.

An old Indian chief notices that when his grandson was born, he was circumcised. The old chief decides he’s going to get circumcised too.

He goes to a doctor and asks what it will cost. The doctor says $500. The old chief says “Ug, too much.” So he goes to a second doctor. He asks the doctor what it will cost, the doctor says $250. The old chief says “Ug, too much.” So he goes to a third doctor. He asks the doctor what it will cost, the doctor says $100. The old chief says “Ug, too much.”

So the old chief decides he’s going to take the matter into his own hands, so to speak. He takes out his dong, puts it on a log, and gives it a mighty whack with his trusty tomahawk. When he looks at the result, he says “Ug, too much”.


149 posted on 09/08/2009 9:44:07 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Gordon Greene

Circumsize all adult gay males first.


150 posted on 09/08/2009 10:08:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
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To: Gordon Greene

Since AIDS may be cured before these boys come of age, why not target the high risk group who is already spreading AIDS through sex?


151 posted on 09/08/2009 10:09:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

I always say, you don’t get what you don’t pay for.


152 posted on 09/09/2009 12:13:34 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (hang the Czars.)
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