[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Phillip at 15 May 2002 14:54:21: Get a new dictionary you old fart
As an answer to: Re: A few points, PaulB... written by rjk at 15 May 2002 04:36:57:
You have a lot of guts contradicting a doctor the way you worship the one who carved you up!
>>>A "partial" circumcision is a somewhat deceptive term. Probably a more correct term is a "loose" circumcision, as it leaves some of the foreskin
>>A more correct term would be "partial circumcision". A more pleasant term would be "foreskin trimming".
>>>If you really, really want to go for surgery, you want a "dorsal slit" or "preputioplasty" which latter is simply a dorsal slit designed to look totally "natural".
>'Preputioplasty' is a term that hasn't appeared in any standard dictionary of the English language to date. Dorsal slit on the other hand has been around a long time (even appearing in some ancient Egyptian art), is a familiar term that doesn't require quotes. One fanciful term for it is 'the French cut', presumably because it is preferred in France to circumcision.
>>I doubt that anyone really "wants" to have surgery, PaulB. Sometimes it's just neccessary.
>This is not likely something PaulB will admit, though there are thousands of confirmations of your statement daily. If surgery were never necessary, few would subject themselves to it.
>>>But your difficulty would be to find a surgeon who is competent to do this, rather than a "standard" mutilative (ablative) procedure.
>>Hardly, PaulB, ask any doctor and they will tell you that a dorsal slit etc are extremely common solutions for resolving similar conditions.
>PaulB knows this perfectly well, he apparently just wants to discourage mp from considering this common, easy solution that will eliminate the problem and will heal quickly. PaulB knows, too, that Spyros has reported his personal experience with dorsal slit, and his total satisfaction with the result, on this site.
>>>Surgery is for the impatient - hey, if you're impatient, then sexual sensitivity doesn't matter to you anyway!
>>The loss of "sexual sensitivity" is extremely tiny (if at all), and is usually offset by having a functioning, pain free penis which allows direct stimulation of the goods.
>It would be difficult to assess any loss of sensitivity from dorsal slit, which removes no skin and no nerve endings whatever. This is just another effort to use scare tactics to steer mp away from surgery of any type. Sensitivity is beyond doubt important and certainly plays a vital role in achieving 'the joy of sex'; on the other hand few men want to belong to the 'Jackrabbit Club', and even fewer women want them to be so quick on the trigger.
>Well said, AJ!