Skin is the largest organ you have.

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Skin is the largest organ you have.

SDF — 3/31/2007 10:20:58 PM (archived)

And the foreskin is highly specialized. The Men's Health website you linked to is a credible source of information on the subject, and on first reading appears unbiased. Even they list 3 out of 4 reasons for performing circumcisions as non-medical. IMO those are "not good enough" reasons.

Obviously I am utterly without love for religious, cultural, or social pressures.

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Male and Female ritual genital mutillation . - Yeti - 3/31/2007 6:03:54 PM
- Many links... - podrock - 4/2/2007 9:01:30 PM
  - re: Many links... - Yeti - 4/2/2007 9:56:02 PM
- You are wrong in concept and argument. - nick hoffman - 4/1/2007 4:51:26 PM
  - ...Or not. - Yeti - 4/1/2007 7:22:09 PM
- BTW - Yeti - 4/1/2007 12:30:49 AM
- re: ????? Sorry.... - Raoul - 3/31/2007 7:22:02 PM
  - Its pretty clear. - Yeti - 4/1/2007 12:20:52 AM
    - Not quite the same. - Mary Anne - 4/1/2007 3:25:49 AM
      - re: depends on the context - Yeti - 4/1/2007 7:59:38 PM
      - Forgot citation for quote - Mary Anne - 4/1/2007 5:07:53 PM
  - That link was total BS. - SDF - 3/31/2007 8:01:46 PM
    - Appendix came out, eh? For health reasons. - Bowser - 4/1/2007 2:43:23 PM
      - re: Appendix came out, eh? For health reasons. - Mary Anne - 4/1/2007 4:51:51 PM
        
        Apples and, um, bannanas - Yeti - 4/1/2007 8:38:29 PM
        
        Ooples and banoonoos - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 12:36:23 AM
        
        re: Ooples and banoonoos - Yeti - 4/2/2007 1:41:47 AM
        
        My experience... - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 2:27:23 AM
        
        Argument form 'priviledged persepctive' - Yeti - 4/2/2007 3:54:02 AM
        
        How the hell did a yeast infection occur? - SDF - 4/2/2007 2:37:50 AM
        
        You're wrong on that account. - Lee - 4/2/2007 5:11:56 AM
        
        Moisture, yeast and heat. - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 2:53:56 AM
        
        So.. - SDF - 4/2/2007 3:47:52 AM
        
        I didn't take him. - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 4:09:44 AM
        
        re: I didn't take him. - Yet - 4/2/2007 4:27:57 AM
        
        One by one - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 5:11:31 AM
        
        I'm still not sure which side you're on - SDF - 4/2/2007 10:26:44 PM
        
        I'm on the side of parents making decisions for their children... - Mary Anne - 4/3/2007 1:54:21 AM
        
        Oh, poor parents! I apologize. NOT. - SDF - 4/3/2007 7:38:39 PM
        
        Your lack of manners only impacts yourself. - Mary Anne - 4/3/2007 11:37:49 PM
        
        its called privacy - SDG - 4/3/2007 8:06:42 PM
        
        I've heard women say - SDF - 4/2/2007 3:51:26 AM
        
        Your mother really shouldn't have said that where you could hear. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 4:14:51 AM
        
        Nawww, MA, He just overheard you and Lindy talking - Yeti - 4/2/2007 4:33:22 AM
        
        And the doctor probably over-prescribed. As always. (n/t) - SDF - 4/2/2007 2:50:11 AM
        
        Knowing everything must be quite a burden for you. - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 2:58:09 AM
        
        Actually it is a burden. - SDF - 4/2/2007 3:36:56 AM
        
        The Bright Man's Burden - nick hoffman - 4/2/2007 2:15:55 PM
        
        Do carpenters charge you extra for the alterations? - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 3:56:16 AM
        
        Which head are you talking about, MA? - Shamefaced Yeti - 4/2/2007 4:06:25 AM
        
        LOL - Mary Anne - 4/2/2007 4:10:46 AM
        
        Quoth the Beavis: 'heh.. Heheheh... ' - Yesti Yeti - 4/2/2007 4:23:04 AM
        
        Not a valid comparison? - RobVG - 4/2/2007 12:15:12 AM
    - re: It is removal of a skin, not of an organ. - Raoul - 3/31/2007 8:58:54 PM
      - Skin is the largest organ you have. - SDF - 3/31/2007 10:20:58 PM

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