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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I doubt that your botched circumcision scenario is
any more common than the case where the wrong leg gets amputated. It's a great
story for creating fear and general awareness but the child is probably more
likely to die in the car trip home from the hospital. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for circumcision, it is my understanding that it
is much easier to keep clean when circumcised. I can only imagine that though as
I was circumcised as an infant. I can tell you that I have personally never
experienced any of the supposed problems others claim and have wondered whether
or not circumcision has just been a convenient excuse for symptoms of other
problems. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=russell.wallace@gmail.com
href="mailto:russell.wallace@gmail.com">Russell Wallace</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat]
circumcision</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 1/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>spike</B> <<A
href="mailto:spike66@comcast.net">spike66@comcast.net</A>> wrote:
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<A href="mailto:bounces@lists.extropy.org">bounces@lists.extropy.org</A>] On
Behalf Of Alex Ramonsky<BR>...<BR>> BTW do you have a prime number of
kids yet? : )<BR>> AR<BR>> **********<BR><BR>My
son is due June. I jumped the gun in announcing this, <BR>because
we are still high risk of miscarriage. Since you<BR>bring this
up, I apologize in advance for a topic that<BR>is not
extropic. But you are my friends and I need some<BR>friendly
advice:<BR><BR>To circumcise, or not. Why or
nhy? Offlist OK. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Well, I guess it's in a clearly identifiable thread that can be
easily skipped by people who aren't interested in it... I can't give you a
definitive answer to the question; I'm no medical expert. But one thing you
might want to take into account when making the decision: I saw an article
awhile back about some number of baby boys who had a circumcision botched to
the point where doctors found it necessary to go for a full sex change
operation. (It turned out badly: on reaching adolescence, they found
themselves psychologically male in female bodies; that was the context in
which I came across the article.) What the percentage of this is, I don't
know.<BR><BR>- Russell <BR></DIV></DIV>
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