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Re: Politician?

Written by halfclip at 13 Jan 2002 13:07:52:

As an answer to: Re: Politician? written by Richard at 11 Jan 2002 20:15:35:

>No, one doesn't have to have experienced a condition in order to be able to give advice on that condition.

On principle, you are right. However, in the case of the circumcision debate, there are enough anti-circ extremists who are making all sorts of claims that one must be careful about any statement that circumcision is never necessary and that creams/stretching will solve all foreskin problems.

If one does not have personal experience with such stretching, and one *appears* to base his arguments on what he has read on the anti-circ web site, then one has little credibility, especially with those who have experienced circumcision and know that much of what the anti-circ folks say is wrong or exagerated.

Also, I find it disconcerting that "100% success" statements are being made without having even seen a picture of the problem penis, even less having examined it.


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