tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post7719546862914370019..comments2023-08-04T06:01:44.954-04:00Comments on Is That Really Desirable?: A topic I wish I could just nip in the budVinnie Bartiluccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031831695722239873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post-72347371911704249542011-04-14T12:16:10.145-04:002011-04-14T12:16:10.145-04:00Point taken, Amy and Anonymous. Keep in mind, of c...Point taken, Amy and Anonymous. Keep in mind, of course, that I'm not into anything that requires sharp objects coming into contact with my flesh for any reason. I've never even had my ears pierced - and I don't intend to start now! :-)DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post-29691999196125860372011-04-14T11:20:29.005-04:002011-04-14T11:20:29.005-04:00I agree with anonymous!I agree with anonymous!Amy Alkonhttp://www.advicegoddess.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post-53153249256436625802011-04-12T16:58:24.655-04:002011-04-12T16:58:24.655-04:00Uh, how is a (dying, mind you) cultural fetish a r...Uh, how is a (dying, mind you) cultural fetish a reason to force a kid into surgery? That is possibly the worst excuse. We don't force 14 year old girls to get breast implants because big boobs are a cultural plus. Also, you're inevitably forcing him to conform to your generation's sexual norm, not his. The health issues (which occur less than 1% of the time) are usually minor, treatable with conservative methods and something to be dealt with later, not at birth. You absolutely cannot circumcise a baby thinking it will protect him from something he almost certainly will never have. Interesting you talk about tight foreskins (rare), but fail to talk of malformed penises, hair on the penis, screwed up urethras, ED, etc. that can result from circumcision. The health arguments for are easily outweighed by the risks of circumcision, both the procedure itself and the risks of complications. I don't get the piercing analogy. That's not surgery, it's hardly invasive and it is reversible.<br />I cannot imagine considering this for my child. I think more than the scientific arguments against, I wouldn't want it floating in his head that we thought he would never be smart enough to make his own decision. I was circumcised and, while I love them otherwise, I've never forgiven my parents for not loving me enough to care when I was a baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post-58819598714519718672011-04-12T16:24:33.790-04:002011-04-12T16:24:33.790-04:00"Homeric comments" huh?
Well, let me un..."Homeric comments" huh?<br /><br />Well, let me uncross my legs first and then we'll see. Actually, I can't recall Homer ever waxing forth on the subject. On the other hand I do remember coming across a fragment of an unfinished dialogue by Critias . . . originally attributed to Euripides and carrying the working title of "The Whackers Of Tally" . . . wherein Minos goes into a hissy concerning the popularity of Daedalus. He remarks: "His pud doth swing mightily about, eclipsing Phaeton when at full mast. And all the widows and temple maidens follow him about the streets of Heraklion like a swarm of bees, their eyes searching diligently for the third print in the dust!"<br /><br />Modern scholars believe this fragment was adapted into the screenplay for the 1960 film THE CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838397438784587264.post-3323227741376417532011-04-12T09:34:28.361-04:002011-04-12T09:34:28.361-04:00This blog post provides plenty of food for thought...This blog post provides plenty of food for thought, not to mention plenty of penis-centric wordplay. :-) As a mother, the tragedy of that poor little baby was what bothered me the most, but it seems to me that the neglectful doctor was to blame, not circumcision itself. When you're carrying on about penis size and such, however, it all too often seems to be a case of people having too much time on their hands (among other things ;-)). While we're at it, shall we all blame the Industrial Revolution for giving us modern folks too much time on our hands?DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.com