definately not... do you know why babies don't cry during circumcision? it's because they go into shock from the pain. no painkillers can be used during the surgery because the child is too young. I've already talk to my girlfriend about this and we've both decided that our boys definately don't need anything cut off.
EDIT: Also, i'm not sure if many people know how circumcision became a common practice in the usa. Forgive me, but I don't remember the names or years, it was quite a long time ago that I read the article, but it began with a wealthy man who's son had some sort of infection in his foreskin/penis. Anyways, long story short, doctors suggested cutting the foreskin on his son's penis. They cut it, the son made a perfect recovery. They didn't really understand why he had the infection but in the years following, circumcision became the wonder cure for cleanliness and the number one preventive medicine in the country. The idea behind it is, cut off the skin because something bad MIGHT happen. By that logic we should pull out our teeth because we MIGHT let them rot so bad that they'll become infected.
Last edited by Kulsonv2; 08-27-2003 at 04:08 PM..
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