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It seems i'm jumping in rather late but here's my 2 cents.
HIV risk: if you're having lots of unprotected sex with multiple partners, then by all means get yourself cut. The higher levels of white blood cells in the foreskin is actually a good thing for protecting you from everything outside of HIV. Added HIV protection shouldn't even be a factor in the circumcision debate, as everyone should be taking precautions against HIV and other STI's, cut or uncut, already.
The biggest problem with circumcision is that its an unnecessary operation that is done on young boys without their permission or consent. Note that this is different from necessary operations that are life saving. It's largely aesthetic in nature, much like breast augmentation. If you're old enough and decide that circumcision is for you, then go for it. At that point it's your decision to do what you want with your own body. It's not a choice that someone else will be making for you.
The USA is the only country in the world where this is even a debate. Elsewhere (outside of Israel), circumcision is only performed on infants when there's a rare medical condition where the foreskin is closed over the urethra.
I'm uncut. I also have a couple Jewish friends that wish they weren't cut for the reason that it wasn't done with their consent.
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