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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:53 AM Original message |
Dad sues to prevent son's circumcision |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. 8 years old???? Ouch! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. that caught my eye too |
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br7598 (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What a load of crap |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You do that. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. 8 years? It's usually done 8 days after birth... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Medically,and politically we have to sift through so much information. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. I was circumcised in 1951.. Parents didn't give me a choice. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm glad the father is stepping forward in this. I hope he wins the case. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Seems like the father should have a bit more consideration |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. The whole circumcision issue is so fraught. Here's a thread from last |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Now that medical care staff can pick and choose what medical |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. At least the 8 year old will get anesthesia |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. May I ask how much they charge for that? |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Not sure, none of my boys have done it yet |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. King David bought his wife with 200 Philistine foreskins. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. ewww, that gave me shivers |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. But but but it's the BUY-BULL! And a GOOD GUY did that! |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. My brother had to get circumcised |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The current treatment for that is a steroid cream |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Steroid Cream does not always work. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Yes but it's generally the first appropriate response |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. maybe many doctors are ignorant. but with 2 sons, that has not been |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I'm not saying it's not the best option in this case (I have no idea) |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I've had friends who were told to pull back their infant sons' foreskins |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good for him! |
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DemInDistress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. 59 yrs later I still have had no trouble with my tool and the cover |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think part of this "recurrent infection" problem is |
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A Brand New World (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I agree that it's lack of education. My son, who is now 24, is |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Retreacting and cleaning an infant is not needed or beneficial |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. OK, I was learning a lot from this thread |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. But it's not TMI for those who need that information... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They ought to print instructions on these things! |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Makes sense, girls don't retract the clitoral hood and wash... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. It's fairly analogous to douching |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Now I think I have read everything |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. why is it guys can't live with having an inch at most of genitals |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. This story is not about circumcision in general.... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think both parents should have to agree |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. I hope the dad wins the case--and I rarely side with the men, LOL. |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Responders in this thread, please keep in mind- |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. as is what I always post in these threads |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why are all the really wierd cases from Cook County? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. At that age it's not something to take lightly... |
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