[quote=Navydoc][quote=svelte]The argument that male circumcision is A-OK because it reduced disease is oh so wrong.

It’s like saying we can cut down on breast cancer by cutting off all women’s breasts.[/quote]

That will, in fact, dramatically reduce the amount of breast cancer. BRCA patients decide to do this often.

All kidding aside, this is how many public health decisions are made. In the absence of a percieved detriment to circumcision, the benefits may be considered to outweigh the risks. Not saying I agree with this, just what happens from a public health perspective. I’m not sure circumcision is quite comparable to bilateral radical mastectomy.[/quote]

No, it is not exactly equivalent. Very rarely are two situations equivalent.

But breasts really only serve a useful purpose when breastfeeding, right? So why not cut off female breasts when a woman has her tubes tied. Uses the same sort of logic.

My point is that you can cut off ANY part of your body and, by golly, you’ll never get a desease or illness from that body part again. Guaranteed.

(We should all shave our heads to eliminate hair mites…the list goes on…)