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• Friday, December 15, 2006 04:13 PM

  Your point of view is ridiculous and irresponsible.

  Circumcision can save over two million in the next 15 years. This is very serious and should not be taken as a joke.

  All these studies have been carried out by prestigious and respectable research institutions and universities, and are back in many cases by official organisations such as the US National Institutions of Health or the World Health Organisation.

  Why uncircumcised men are more prone to STD’s?

  Scientist have discovered that the skin covering the inner side of the foreskin is by its nature (has a very low amount of a protein called ‘keratin’ which stops viruses entering into the body, plus some other factors) acts as an ‘open door’ to STD’s. Circumcision, by removing the foreskin, ‘closes’ this ‘door’.

  Circumcision rates are increasing nowadays, both in the United States and overseas. Many African and South American countries with little circumcision tradition are starting to promote the procedure to help to reduce the AIDS-HIV infection rates.

  The sites below have very interesting information related to this topic. Please have a look.

  http://www.baby-health.net/articles/381.html

  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/02_08_06.html

  —Sean
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