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All clear - the end is here. Posted on multiple boards.

Written by James at 31 Mar 2005 11:17:58:

Today marks the second week anniversary of my circumcision and the official unveiling of an aesthetically special moment; ladies and gentlemen, the war against circumcision ends today!

I have to tell you, that the healing process was one of the most rewarding things I have ever experienced, in that there was no pain, no suffering and no ghouls or zombies! I have survived the most involving procedure of my life and the build up which led to it was the most involving trauma that I have ever experienced. But after the procedure, I realised just how minimally invasive circumcision is and just how little it effects the anatomy of the penis or its function. And, in addition, just how cleanly the result is in comparison to beforehand.

I have spent years witnessing critics, ala Jim and Paul B., misdemeanor themselves in childish fashion to the extent that they would bring religious matters and personal insult into their argument. I have witnessed these peoples' countless essays, some ranging in many pages long, shooting down circumcision as 'mutilation' and 'devastating' to sexual intercourse. I have witnessed those like 'Korydon' who have made threads outlining how circumcision disturbs the bond between an infant and his mother, and how it can be destructive to the female anatomy upon intercourse; including other terms of futility. I have been through the bunkers of misunderstanding, heard tales of those who use fabrications to articulate their fears, been told countlessly of false legislative imposture and dismay. But then, at the other end, I have been through the operating room. I have felt circumcision. I heard the scissors' snip. I saw the blood. I was conscious at every moment, from beginning to end, through recovery. I experienced severe swelling. I felt the stitches pull. I used a whole four tylenol through an entire two weeks to deal with the allegedly 'devastating' pain. I've been there. I have been through it all...and now..I am through!

People can shoot down circumcision for what it is if they choose. They can say it looks this way or that way. They can say the women like it this way or that way. They can say the bible says it should be this way or that way. They can say what they choose. But no longer can they fabricate numerical percentages as calculations of different measurements. No longer can they spoof me with their tales of how devastating it all is. No longer can they tell me my penis will shrink. No longer can they tell me of the inability to achieve orgasm. No longer can they tell me how pleasuring it is to another woman. And more than anything: No longer can they tell me how it feels.

To each their own.

I have been through this. I have felt this. They have not. I had a foreskin for some nineteen years. I had one that could not retract, that could not stretch, that could not be cleaned. One that would prevent me from ever setting sight on my own penis.

What is sick is to call it mutilation. What is sick is to use it as propaganda to disturb people. What is sick is that it is even frowned upon by a society of freedom. I vow to this day that I will never lend support or even pay attention to the false propaganda of an anti-circumcision activist again. I will never pay attention or respect to those who have not undergone the procedure and forcefully oppose it. I will never pay respect to one who criticizes any mother for having this procedure performed on an infant. Never.

In fairness, I will also maintain my vow not to have my children circumcised. I will offer them the same opportunity that my parents offered me. And, unlike in my own instance, I will offer and lend the support that is necessary to educate my children of the risks of improperly maintaining the foreskin and treating it with care. Hopefully, this measure will prevent them from having to undergo the procedure for themselves. But I will also educate my children at some point on what this procedure is, what it constitutes, and what the effects are. I will be able to give them information from a reliable source, that knows truly the effect that it has, which is one that is very positive. And then, based on their own knowledge, they will be able to make their own decisions in life. They will be able to make a decision that is not reflective of what they are told by people who live to oppose the procedure. They will be able to make a decision based on the testiment of somebody who has experienced both ways, uncircumcised and circumcised, and not one that is fabricated by the way a procedure is carried out with knives and whistles.

I am sick of the propaganda.

[For those of you visiting this site, that want to know what circumcision is, it is the removal of the foreskin and sometimes the surrounding tissue including the frenulum. It leaves no effect, only an impression.]

Hopefully, "It leaves no effect, only an impression." is a quote or motto invented by me as I write this very post, that other people will accept and appreciate. I hope people will be able to see past the fabricated stories of those who warn of ghosts haunting, lifelong bleeding, and other untrue effects. I hope people will be able to live for their own choices. And just the same, I hope all people do preserve their foreskin if it is functional, because it would serve no enhancing impression to otherwise remove it.

Back to the original point of my post. Today marks two weeks since I was in the operating room. Today, a little bit of dead skin was flaking off of the frenulum from previous blistering, which I aided off comfortably as it otherwise had no supply of blood or nourishment. In spite of mild swelling and mild tenderness of the incision, which may last a while longer, I am left not with a single mark. The appearance of the penis is as though it is freshly polished, but also as though it has been this way for the duration of my life. There isn't a bruise, nor a scar, nor a severe infection which could result in the removal of my penis and testicles and abdominal muscles and so forth. And to be frank, the appearance is more beautiful than I have seen it in my life. There is obviously still a little bit of refining ahead -- but the healing process, or what one would expect post-surgery, is finished. As such I was able to use my penis for the first time today and experience orgasm. I was able to utilize the loose shaft skin, even when erect, to glide over the ridge of the glans. I was able to produce a perfectly fine sample of semen, with no scissor remnants or bone chips. Everything was just as it was prior to the surgery, minus a fold of skin which was tight to the extent that it was cutting off circulation, and would not slide back. It was as though I had never entered the confines of a hospital in my life.

This after just fourteen days, ladies and gentlemen, only a mere fourteen days of recovery utilizing vitamin E enhanced polysporin, gauze, tissue, masking tape, and adhesive tape. Fourteen days. And to truly stirr up a fuss, day one through fourteen carried no pain. No pain at all, only a glimse of hope.

So I suppose my message to you all tonight is: the war on circumcision is over. It can all stop here. I am sick and tired of hearing your lies. I am sick and tired of you being phoneys. I am only going to read from those who have undergone the procedure, not from those who oppose it for reasons which they cannot even explain.

Thank you, and may God continue to bless us all.


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