Author Topic: Circumcision Meeting Stiff Opposition. Mutilators vs. Intactivests (Read 2009 times)

renocat · « **on:** January 22, 2015, 04:48:43 PM »

I support circumcisioin rights.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Federal-circumcision-guidelines-meet-with-5944107.php

In the new guidelines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped short of recommending routine circumcisions. But the agency emphasized that the benefits outweigh the risks, recommended the procedure be covered by insurance, and suggested that males of all ages who are not circumcised should receive counseling about its potential health benefits.
In 2011, members of the anticutting movement known as intactivists pushed for a ballot measure in San Francisco that would have barred the procedure on any male 17 or younger. But a San Francisco Superior Court judge removed it from the ballot after Jewish organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union and San Francisco's Medical Society filed a lawsuit over the issue.

Tina Kimmel, who lives in Oakland, said she has already written to the CDC, warning the agency to not let itself be “manipulated into coming out on the wrong side of this historic issue.” ,” Kimmel wrote, “It is monstrous for (the) CDC to advise physicians to treat any US citizen as less than human. It is your job to protect us, not subject us to excrutiating, permanent bodily disfigurement — with no medical justification — just because we are (temporarily) in a weak state and you can overpower us.”

puniraptor · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2015, 04:50:07 PM »

this thread should be a pole so we can collect some stats and maybe also delegate a map

star seed 7 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:05:19 PM »

Baby dicks are getting more liberal press than aborted babies

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:05:41 PM »

I disagree that circumcision should be covered by insurance. Premiums are high enough without having to cover cosmetic surgeries.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PM »

It's not just cosmetic, that's why it's recommended

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:08:21 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PM

It's not just cosmetic, that's why it's recommended

They stopped short of recommending it, actually. There are some very minor health benefits, but it's a surgery performed for cosmetic reasons.

puniraptor · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:09:59 PM »

doctor now or zipper later

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:12:21 PM »

Adult circumcision is extremely painful, the minor health benefits are worth it in preventing that

john "teach me how to" dougie · « **Reply #8 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:19:30 PM »

San Francisco - land of intolerance.

bubbles4ksu · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:25:19 PM »

the jewish practice of sucking the foreskin off of the baby dick is very uncivilized.

puniraptor · « **Reply #10 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:26:34 PM »

Quote from: bubbles4ksu on January 22, 2015, 05:25:19 PM

the jewish practice of sucking the foreskin off of the baby dick is very uncivilized.

my favorite Dirty Jobs episode. Mike Rowe was like

Mr Bread · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2015, 07:32:05 PM »

Not at all surprised that ratm has anteater envy. Got him a crew neck against his will. Makes a lot of sense actually. Really explains some things.

Spracne · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2015, 07:48:00 PM »

I mean, do whatever you want, but a lot of the vitriol from passionate pro-anteater folks comes across as veiled jealousy, to me. Just cuz you born in the hood don't mean you stuck there. It's not just that it looks gross; it's that it is gross. No chick's gonna wanna go down on that flaming hot pocket of molten smegma. No one wants to play with a penis flytrap that chomps on lint, dead cells and sundry other particulate. Sometimes when I'm getting my main vein thrombosis on, I think about those poor bastards suffering from penis insufficiency. My advice? Don't get mad, get glans.

8manpick · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2015, 07:56:57 PM »

Spracne hit it right on the head here, folks

star seed 7 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2015, 08:05:50 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on January 23, 2015, 07:56:57 PM

Spracne hit it right on the head here, folks

brandochav · « **Reply #15 on:** January 23, 2015, 08:32:37 PM »

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on January 22, 2015, 05:08:21 PM

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 22, 2015, 05:07:16 PM
It's not just cosmetic, that's why it's recommended

They stopped short of recommending it, actually. There are some very minor health benefits, but it's a surgery performed for cosmetic reasons.

Exactly. It's actually an inherited Judaic practice that's become "mainstream", if you will. The medical literature has gone back and forth on the "benefits" of circumcision, and all proclaiming benefits have even noted that basic hygiene is really at the core of it all.

Mr Bread · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2015, 08:54:56 PM »

#dirtydicks

Cire · « **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2015, 08:00:55 AM »

We were not going to cut our kids if they were boys. Barbaric

brandochav · « **Reply #18 on:** January 24, 2015, 10:04:57 AM »

Quote from: Mr Bread on January 23, 2015, 08:54:56 PM

#dirtydicks

renocat · « **Reply #19 on:** January 24, 2015, 07:14:08 PM »

Obama will likely create a czar for this since it is a big subject in Europe. Maybe a Cleaner Wiener campaign wth Bill Clinton as spokeman.

SdK · « **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2015, 07:34:24 PM »

When I was a kid, my dad played on a softball team. I guess one of the guys had accidentally said they wanted to circumcise their meal at McDonalds and all the guys were having a good laugh. I said I don't get it, one of the guys said well are you circumcised? I said no, they all laughed at my dad. Dad then corrected me and told them I was.

Spracne · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2015, 07:51:45 PM »

Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on January 24, 2015, 07:34:24 PM

When I was a kid, my dad played on a softball team. I guess one of the guys had accidentally said they wanted to circumcise their meal at McDonalds and all the guys were having a good laugh. I said I don't get it, one of the guys said well are you circumcised? I said no, they all laughed at my dad. Dad then corrected me and told them I was.

There you go... Giving a eff when it's not your turn to give a eff...

SdK · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2015, 09:01:21 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on January 24, 2015, 07:51:45 PM

Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on January 24, 2015, 07:34:24 PM
When I was a kid, my dad played on a softball team. I guess one of the guys had accidentally said they wanted to circumcise their meal at McDonalds and all the guys were having a good laugh. I said I don't get it, one of the guys said well are you circumcised? I said no, they all laughed at my dad. Dad then corrected me and told them I was.

There you go... Giving a eff when it's not your turn to give a eff...

Yes, I have slept with many married women

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #23 on:** January 24, 2015, 11:45:44 PM »

I'm not anti-circumcision. I just don't think insurance needs to cover cosmetic surgery.