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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:00 AM

Male circumcision cuts HIV transmission

Should adult men in areas rife with unprotected sex and AIDS be encouraged to go under the knife?

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  • Thursday, December 14, 2006 07:33 AM

    Funny stuff

    "I can't help but wonder how many people who argue in favor of male circumcision are actually uncircumcised men.

    So far, I haven't yet seen a single man with a foreskin arguing in favor of circumcision. In fact, all of the proponents of circumcision seem to be either women, or circumcised men."

    Well, duh. People are in favor of what they already have? Shocking! I can't help but wonder why people structure their opinions as facts.

    "It is arguable that many of those men may be making the pro-circumcision argument in order to allay their own fears that they may have forever lost something which they would have valued, had they been allowed to keep it."

    It's only arguable in the sense that it's your specious argument that you're trying to project onto others.

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