tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post4150167891544969121..comments2023-10-10T03:56:09.086-05:00Comments on Notes from the Cab: Oh Vey! Circumcision to be Outlawed?Bartender Cabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-30307665152720368522010-12-11T22:17:46.218-06:002010-12-11T22:17:46.218-06:00Hugh 7 response noted. Follwed your link and find ...Hugh 7 response noted. Follwed your link and find that of course it is an organization that seems to be lobbying for an abolishment of circumcision. Interesting, I do not dispute that there are instances of botched operations. Don't think it has reached the point where we need to get lawmakers involved though. Hell don't they have enough to do worrying about the BCS system, steroids in baseball, and non ethnically named Hurricanes? Getting involved in the circumcision issue would just be stretching our lawmakers too thin; don't you think? At any rate as far as the guy in the USCG that was discharged; maybe the military doctors did cut off part of his weenie. Who's to say? I did not know the guy personally, as he was discharged apparently just days before I reported for duty, but it sure was the "buzz" of the ship I can tell you. Good luck with that getting circumsized made illegal. Lord knows the anti smoking crusaders have been relatively succesful, so keep hope alive. Your issue may reach the foreskin err forefront soon.Bartender Cabbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-3499919454072513742010-12-07T21:34:01.773-06:002010-12-07T21:34:01.773-06:00You may not remember it, but how long did it take ...You may not remember it, but how long did it take you to forget? Taddio et al. found circumcised babies reacted differently to the pain of vaccination, months later. Forgotten pain was still pain at the time, and a sugar pacificier has recently been shown to be useless as pain relief - it just relaxes the face, in an illusion of calm.<br /><br />"...leave things well enough alone." <br />Isn't that all these "do gooders" are asking? <br /><br />"I think the whole circumcision thing should be left to up to the family of the child."<br />How about leaving it up to the person most directly concerned, when he is old enough? Where he is not under considerable social pressure, he'll choose to leave things well enough alone. <br /><br />Your shipmate's story might be perfectly true. It is not only military doctors whose hands can slip, but also civilian doctors, mohelim and imams. And whatever happened, they did lop off a bit of his wang. It's original equipment, not an optional extra.Hugh7http://www.circumstitions.comnoreply@blogger.com