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Wow, I'm apparently the only Jew on TFP.
As per my faith I am "cut" and as per my faith my son shall be "cut" as I am. Its a covenant with god thing, and hardly the weirdest most horrible thing that has been done in the name of religion.
It does offer Superior resistance to infection, which I will admit is not the worlds biggest advantage in our disinfectant ridden, shower every day- sometimes twice society. It was a *huge* advantage in the desert-wandering nomad, all the water I see I drink, if I wash at all its done by rubbing myself clean with sand, early Mediterranean lifestyle.
If it makes sex less pleasurable then I got to wonder how because It seems pretty fun the way it is to me.
in response to the firebrand of this discussion: tisonlyi perhaps its a bit barbaric, but I have never had a big problem with barbarism. Its not a horrible repressive thing, It does not significantly impair ones ability to function in any way. It is not a horrible human rights abuse. Think of it sort of like if tattooed a big heart on your baby's ass, its weird, but its not particularly abusive.
Mutilation is in the eye of the beholder, its no more or less mutilation than earrings, breast implants or a nose job.
Oh and the reason we don't cut off hands to prevent hand infections is twofold: 1) It significantly impairs the ability to function and 2) The hand is not particularly infection prone. You will notice that that we rip out both the appendix and the tonsils with hardly blink of the eye. Evolution isn't perfect, the body is still very much a work in progress (If you don't believe me take a look at your knees) so there is no reason to assume we can't tweak it a bit.
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