lucky760 said:

Aww, she (or he) is so adorable when the mask came off I got tears in my eyes.

The juxtaposition of scary little costume that looks like it's worn by a dwarf with the actual cuteness contained within is powerful.

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doogle said:

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Deano said:

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doogle said:

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littledragon_79 said:

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lucky760 said:

Don't misconstrue (or misunderstand) my words.

I said it's ignorant to just blindly state everyone who circumcises is barbaric and misinformed and that otherwise everyone is only possibly motivated by religious or aesthetic reasons.

The bottom line is we were not sure about doing it one way or the other, but we decided to give our boys what we know is the best chance against contracting HIV (heterosexually) among other things.

Finns probably have a lot less disease to worry about spreading around.

Yes, like everything in life, there may be valid reasons that could convince anyone to do it or to not do it. In my case, we made an informed decision that the foreskin isn't necessary and the only real consequences of it removed would be beneficial. Others don't feel that way, and that's fine. I'm not going to shove my opinion down everyone else's throat or call them names for disagreeing. And it would be nice to be afforded the same courtesy.

lucky760 said:

I've heard reports from several men who had sex before and after and said there was zero difference in sensation.

I circumcised my boys but not at all because of aesthetics, nor to "look like me", and especially not for any kind of religious reason.

We weren't dead-set against leaving them un-cut. In fact, we initially figured we'd just let them be natural.

One reason we decided to go ahead with it is we heard about lots of uncircumcised men have issues that require them to have it done later in life (e.g., phimosis, etc.), but the bigger reason was recent (at that time) studies showed strong evidence that circumcised men are at substantially lower risk for serious life-threatening diseases such as HIV and penile cancer (that results from HPV).

>> Yep, it's fucking barbaric. It is genital mutilation of children, period.

Talk about misinformation from a bunch of barbarians.

It's more barbaric to be completely close-minded, backward-thinking, and ignorant as to why there might possibly exist valid reasons to provide your children an almost 100% chance to avoid a plethora of penis-related problems and life-threatening diseases for their entire life in exchange for what's really a very minor procedure when done soon after birth.

The reasons against it? "It's fucking barbaric." Because... why again? "It just is," I'm sure is the best possible response.

The reasons in favor of it? Don't be so glib. Read the research.

Science Daily from Jan 2010:

oritteropo said:

Your bloodworm vid has gone dead... it says it's no longer able to show it.

Don Garvey's original is here - http://youtu.be/mktMxLrU8rA - did your embed have anything more than that?

Zawash said:

And just to make sure I have posted enough regarding this sift - after the Heartbleed bug - remember to change your passwords on any compromised sites - change to a high *quality password. http://xkcd.com/936/

shagen454 said:

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TheGenk said:

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oritteropo said:

Hyvää joulua