Oh so the Mayo clinic is in on the conspiracy? Nice to know.
Conspiracy? Their stance is "Hey this basically won't KILL your kid, so go nuts!" It's part of the culture that respects religious rights even if said rights stamp on human rights. If you speak out against circumcision like Russel Crowe did, yes, you get shut up by Jews. They called him anti-semitic even though he never mentioned Jews at all.
And cutting the penis off would mean no more reproducing or sexual activity.
It would not end reproduction, just sexual activity. But so what? TECHNICALLY the risks of STDs and penile cancer would plummet, so the benefits are even clearer, and hey, it's the parents' decision right??
Thats a clear exaggeration that does nothing to further your arguement.
Except it points out how flimsy your "benefits" are since it's using unecessary destruction to solve a problem that has easier solutions. The benefits were literally made up to rationalize the religious practice.
Your whole post can be summed up as "Mayo clinic wrong, me right".
Or, I think for myself and don't need the Mayo clinic to decide what is right and wrong? I can cite you plenty of doctors and medical groups that are against circumcision. Do you think these citations will change your mind all of the sudden?
Then you offer up a one in a million occurrence of someone getting an STD because of unsafe practices and act like it's a legitimate point.
So it's OK that baby died for a religious practice that includes oral sex after slicing his dick skin off? You're defending a practice that involved a guy sucking a baby's dick which resulted in the baby dying from herpes...seriously? Hey, gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette right?! (by the way, he gave other babies herpes too)
On a personal note, my baby nephew also got a serious infection because of his botched circumcision at a hospital. OOOPS! Another clean circumcision to protect him, right?
The benefits of circumcision are obvious.
Yes, keratinized penis head, decreased sexual feeling and function, and a big ugly scar, turkey neck, tight penis skin, hair growing up the shaft...benefits!
I am immensely glad that I underwent the operation as a child.
And I am not. And I CAN'T get my foreskin back, I had no say in the matter. That's the difference, you are happy with your mutilation (which is what that is) and I am not. I don't get a second chance.
Religion has nothing to do with me feeling this way. It just seems like you have a personal vendetta against organized religion so you have to stand fervently against anything associated with it. That's why you keep referring to it as zealotry when that has nothing to do with most peoples decision of having their kid circumcised.
I have a problem with people mutilating their children's penises because it's ****ing sick. How do you feel about someone mutilating their baby girl's vagina? You keep dodging that one because you know that'd be sick, and rightfully so. You're indoctrinated by a stupid cultural practice that came from silly superstitions. You got your penis sliced up for no real reason.
Thankfully circumcision is dropping in the USA and other countries. In 100 years it will only exist among the religious extremists who enjoy watching grown men mutilate and then suck their baby boy's penis (sane people, according to you).