[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Ralesk at 06 Jul 2002 23:05:20: Re: They are on to something
As an answer to: Re: They are on to something written by Halfclip at 06 Jul 2002 20:11:11:
>The problem is that in all too many cases, those famous studies are not done to find out what is true, but rather to support their own beliefs. This applies to both sides of the fence.
*nods* Agreed.
>And the anti-circ camp will conveniently forget that there are still foreskin problems, even if it isn't worth it to snip all babies at birth.
Yup, I guess some indeed do so.
>The biggest problem I have with the anti circ camp is that their tactics want to eliminate all circumcisions instead of just those at birth. They want guys with phimosis to believe that their adult penis is perfectly normal with an unretractable foreskin etc etc.
Heh, we here try to make them make their foreskins work. Noticed that yet, Halfclip?
Noone here stated an unretractable foreskin is "perfectly normal", but it is definitely not the end of the world. With proper exercises, it will get better and for phimosis / frenulum tightness, there is no use for getting cut. If the person, however, is really into getting himself cut, then better he gets to know what exactly happens, before he ends up being sorry for his decision. Most of us "antis" here are on this opinion. Some are more rabid, some are less, people differ. We just don't like circumcision without a good reason -- which applies for RIC and quite an amount of adult circumcisions (sadly that too.).Thanks for your input, btw.