Re: To all of you mutilators:

From: Sky KIng (laughing_at_home.net)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:15:28 GMT

In article <66idnTwGYPCWMKPcRVn-rA@giganews.com>,
usapatriotism@yahoo.com says...
> "Howard McCollister" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
> >
> >"Sky KIng" <laughing@home.net> wrote in message
> >news:MPG.1ba8fda43405b191989bfa@news.snet.sbcglobal.net...
> >
> >> There are benefits but those benefits are not enough to warrant the
> >> recommending routine medical circs. Its my opinion that each man can
> >> best make the decision for himself when he is old enough to make an
> >> informed one.
> >
> >Doctors don't make that decision for the parents. In fact they generally
> >don't even recommend for or against it. As a medical matter, the parents are
> >asked their preference, informed of the risks vs benefits, and they make the
> >decision for their child. I don't know any doctors who feel strongly about
> >circumcision either way. And why would a doctor care at all about such a
> >decision?

I posted info about one such doctor that recommended it to ALL parents.
Besides its the MAN that should make the decision..not the docs and not
the parents. Its elective surgery and no longer routinely recommended.
>
> Let me guess: Perhaps because he/she may be a pediatrician or family care GP
> with long term concerns about the traumatic impact of cutting off portions of a
> person's penis without the person's consent. Hmm. This concept of
> appreciating the pain of other human beings -- including babies and moslems --
> is called "empathy". Please do not confuse "empathy" with bulldozers, machine
> guns, legalized torture, etc, which represent the OPPOSITE of empathy.
>
> Hope this helps. :-)
>
>

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