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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:49 PM Original message |
Circumcision may stop millions of HIV deaths: study |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. How many would be infected by non-sterile operations? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. but it HAS panned out, hasn't it? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. We don't have a problem with men raping young girls as a "cure" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. sorry i don't believe 1/4 kenyan men are rapists |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's a hygiene issue, nothing to do with the circumcision |
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Jean Louise Finch (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Hygiene? |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
87. It probably does |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #87 |
107. Bathing in Urine? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #107 |
127. no need to be snippy, it's true |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:27 AM Response to Reply #107 |
165. Who said anything |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #107 |
167. He didn't say to bath in URINE |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #167 |
182. Wow Democrats need to lighten up |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #182 |
183. I am "lightened" up |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 03:51 AM Response to Reply #183 |
204. I find that as a group we take things very literally... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. "Democrats need to lighten up"? |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #185 |
205. I'm a registered democrat. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
125. The foreskin is very sensitive... |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 04:00 AM Response to Reply #125 |
206. I love this post. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
103. I have a feeling you're right. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
124. Not "nothing" to do with circumcision... |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. WTF? Link, please? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. The rate of divorce is 50% |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I don't even believe the rate of divorce is 50%. Seems way too high. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. so you believe personal anecdote rather than statistics? |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. All of you need to do a little research apparently... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
91. according to this site, the answer is not that clear |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
158. The statistic actually is in dispute. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
79. One of two marriages fail....Which means one out of two last for life |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #79 |
146. Very interesting, and what I suspected. Thanks for info. nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
77. I think the rate of divorce is closer to 40%, much less for some |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. you never heard of the hite report? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Sounds like bullshit to me. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
78. I would say it's much, much lower than 50%. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #78 |
173. Bullshit. All men cheat. I'm guessing 50% is way too low. nt |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. Bullshit to you too |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #177 |
184. I am neither stupid nor bitter. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #184 |
197. I'm familiar with the DU rules as well |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #184 |
203. You began this with cursing... so don't harp on the rules. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #173 |
190. define 'cheat' |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
108. On the contrary |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. European, Australian and Asian men are uncut |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Don't mention that-- Makes too much sense! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Asia's HIV numbers are skyrocketting |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. ok i have heard that theory of the CCR5 gene as well |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Asians in US have the lowest HIV rates |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I specified Asians, not Asian-Americans |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. A very weak-to-nonexistant case |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
133. So do people with big dicks enjoy sex more than people with small ones? |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #133 |
171. quite the opposite |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
89. But most new case of HIV in the US are Drug related (Dirty Needles). |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #89 |
110. absolutely |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. Do we have data comparing |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
123. European and Australian men have access to clean water. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #123 |
188. Monogamy is highly-regarded in Asia? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #188 |
196. The vast majority of the Chinese population lives no where near... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #196 |
207. I was thinking more of Japan. n/t |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
151. Hmmm |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. anything that helps is a good idea. it's hard for the far-right to attack |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I wouldn't put it past them n/t |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. Frankly |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's a truly disgusting "study", and questionable at that |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. oh goodness |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Male mutilation was started to stop the use of foreskin for mastubation |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
84. as the mother of 3 circumcised boys, yes it is mutilation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:11 AM Response to Reply #84 |
162. LOL! n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:24 AM Response to Reply #162 |
170. just turned 20 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #170 |
178. That's wonderful. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. This is from the World Health Organization |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. There seems to be an endless number of people who look at these |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. that's what i thought as well |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Will Google pass this search info along to Agent Smith? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Your definition of propaganda: I don't like your conclusions |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
144. you are fighting a losing battle with these circ supporters. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #144 |
152. Parents do a lot of things to children without their consent. |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #152 |
186. i think we have gone round and round on this before. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #186 |
191. Nice selective caring :-) |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #191 |
202. did you click on the link? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
159. This is a new, long term, very large scale, controlled study, |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Dry Sex" compounds the problem... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. dry sex |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. I don't see how it could be enjoyable by any stretch |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
85. I had no idea! |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Some Info |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Very "Fair and balanced" website. |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm Guessing Something Is Only Fair And Balanced....... |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. An informational website should be either non-biased, or clearly state |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. it IS non-biased -. there is NO good reason for Circumcision |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Good reason: circumcision reduces HIV exposure |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Agreed! |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Actually, the medical reason for it is that in places where people do not |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. I can clean under my foreskin with a simple procedure not requiring water |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. Lots of men won't use condoms |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. So your argument is cut them up so they don't have to remember condoms? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:21 AM Response to Reply #114 |
172. If you must know |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. you dont even need spit |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Hahaha I know about that too, but didn't mention it |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
128. Like most sensation, it is 90% mental, 10% physical. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
135. Have you gone a month without bathing in clean running water? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. No, but I can spit every day of the month |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. You say you "can" but in practice you don't. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #142 |
147. You don't have to believe me when I tell you my dick is always clean |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #147 |
193. I didn't say you didn't. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #101 |
168. Saliva isn't even close to being sterile |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #101 |
180. They are NOT promoting circ OVER condoms. They're promoting BOTH |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
181. This research shows that condoms PLUS circumcisions is MORE effective |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
100. Hahaha you must work for Fox News, right? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The info on that site is outdated and doesn't take into account |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. The stats are interesting... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Let's see the RW take on that! |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Oh they would love it! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
126. If it is healthy..it is healthy. I'm wondering what the take on it being |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oh, Not this Lie again! I heard that back in the 1950-60's... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ask the World Health Organization.... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. The resistance to science is amazing on this thread. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It's the standard reaction to data favoring circumcision |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I feel like I'm reading a Freeper thread about global warming |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
98. I'm with you, Tyrone |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
118. Nail meet head.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
179. Good point, Tyrone. The two major studies currently being conducted |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. True or not a condom will work even better. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. What does female circumcision have to do with male circumcision? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
129. I'm sure that cutting off the penis (the equiv. of female circ) would stop |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
163. The research shows that circumcision adds protection that goes beyond |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. so what if the study is true? Who cares, Africa is not about to start this |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
160. It already is catching on in Africa. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
102. The Resistance to Science is Amazing |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. This study is bogus |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Gee, the science says otherwise. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Just because science shows this does not mean its the answer |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. These studies don't sample men who live with circumcision normally |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:17 AM Response to Reply #71 |
164. What is paternalistic about this? The impetus is coming from |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Africans don't have the mutant CCR5 gene, perhaps? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
161. Other studies have compared men who were circumcised at |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
33. I do not like circumcision, but I believe this is probably true. |
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unda cova brutha (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
111. if * would get serious and spend our $$$ to fight aids |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Hmmm... The Mutilation Solution. I though tatooing HIV+ers was bad enough. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Medicine & money would prevent AIDS deaths in Africa too |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I don't see what the medicine and money will achieve. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Has Europe had waves of mass circumcisions that I didn't read about? |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
72. Don't show them STATISTICS |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. see my most post below, robcon |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
81. The rich have no trouble extracting the wealth and resources from Africa |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
82. The old white Pope in his red dress and slippers would agree with you |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. the problem with medicine |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
86. Getting medicine and money to the poor is somehow impossible, yet |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. The scalpel only has to get there one time. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. I argue against imposing male circumsion on part of the world's population |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. It's not a matter of whether or not I like the way you argue. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:30 AM Response to Reply #99 |
166. While fighting back the maniacs armed with scalpels in this thread |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
109. have you ever been to kenya or to any part of africa? |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. thank you, pitohui |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #117 |
199. i agree |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:59 AM Response to Reply #109 |
156. No I have not been to Kenya, but yes to other parts of Africa |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #156 |
200. how is it butchery? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
122. A bit of clean water would probably be even more effective... |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:05 AM Response to Reply #122 |
157. Of course it would be more effective |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Total mastectomies prevent breast cancer. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. Yeah, seriously this is a Crap Theory. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
95. Mastectomies and circumcision aren't the same things |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. Is it because circumcised men are socially different? More religious |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
93. These are well controlled studies |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
104. Actually... |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #104 |
130. What are these factors you speak of? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. The overlooked word in this article is AFRICA - |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. If it didn't take cultural & religious practices into account, it's flawed |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. ok who want to wade into africa and start croping foreskins? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. The BlackMarket Body-Parts Dealers will jump |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Yet so true: |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
74. is that what is called a "false-positive"? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
80. Circumcision is just stupid. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Unless one is African and want to stop HIV |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #94 |
189. No, it's still stupid. |
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kamtsa (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
88. Castration is even more effective |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. No it can not, no evidence that Castration stops someone from having sex |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
96. Forget education! Forget condoms! Just chop your wee-wee! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #96 |
150. Thanks for getting it. This is a moral issue, not a clinical one. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
112. Any time I start thinking that progressives are inherently smarter |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. I agree, you did drop the collective intelligence of the thread a bit |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Perhaps you should run some pub med searchs |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #116 |
137. There's a science of mutilation? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #137 |
145. Emotionally loaded language |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #145 |
148. I'm an HIV educator. What's your qualification? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #137 |
153. When the culture itself is against #2, #3, and #4, what are you left with? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. Nice use of strawmen. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #120 |
134. Thanks. I pride myself on them |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #115 |
131. Uh, how is circumcision comparable to having your nose removed? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. The entire foreskin is cut off |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #136 |
154. Really? I always thought it was a part of the penis, not a body part in |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #136 |
169. It's not a full blown body part at all |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
119. To end all the bickering here, it's all about HYGINE. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 03:30 AM Response to Reply #119 |
155. Somehow, I don't think that will end bickering here :-) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #155 |
195. Hey, everyone went fairly quiet. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
121. Too many (for my taste) want to dismiss the science |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #121 |
132. What does 10 studies all concluding the same thing prove? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Now that's a strawman that puts my own to shame |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #121 |
174. Circumcision is an easy target for the sexually dysfunctional... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
140. Somehow I just don't see the patriarchy joining together and deciding |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #140 |
175. Aren't Judaism & Islam generally considered "Patriarchal"? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. ... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
141. A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL CIRCUMCISER'S WILL BE NEEDED |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. How about teaching them? Several primitive societies do it. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Yeah, and maybe if we can teach them that, we can teach them to wash... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #149 |
194. With what? Some mythical fresh running water? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #194 |
198. You must already be surgically altered |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
187. education and healthcare will stop millions more |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
192. This study is part of the Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #192 |
201. ok you made me giggle EOM |
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