tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post8107519729791711135..comments2024-01-17T13:16:10.378-08:00Comments on Joseph4GI: SAN FRANCISCO: Democracy Hits A Brick WallJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-18646447764043328832011-08-01T01:31:30.320-07:002011-08-01T01:31:30.320-07:00You're probably right. American doctors perfor...You're probably right. American doctors performed female circumcision and American insurance companies like Blue Shield paid for it. Playgirl even wrote a promotional article for it back before it was banned. Now it's "mutilation" and it might as well never have happened, 1984 style.<br /><br />Well, I'm not sure about you, but I'm at least going to try to keep circumcision advocates from covering this shit up. Mark my words; one of these days male circumcision wil be seen for the mutilation and human rights violation that it is, and anyone who ever advocated for it will be ashamed to ever admit they did.<br /><br />In a perfect world, all circumcision "doctors" and "researchers" that ever promoted this quackery under the guise of medicine would be tried one by one, Nuremberg style... Highly unlikely, but hey. A guy can dream, can't he?Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-53205497038799622772011-08-01T01:00:20.809-07:002011-08-01T01:00:20.809-07:00Why aren't "researchers" trying to f...<i>Why aren't "researchers" trying to find ways to prevent disease that DO NOT require a historically contentious and controversial surgical amputative procedure?... They're supposed to be looking for ways to make surgery OBSOLETE, not indispensable.</i><br /><br />That's an excellent point.<br /><br /><i>Sooner or later they're going to be held responsible for their actions.</i><br /><br />No they're not.<br /><br />Shameful things like routine circumcision are just consciously forgotten over time, because most people can't bear to acknowledge them.Tom Riddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994425531096864789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-2575370390248681802011-07-29T19:01:07.485-07:002011-07-29T19:01:07.485-07:00WHAT is circumcision supposed to prevent?
*Aren&#...WHAT is circumcision supposed to prevent?<br /><br />*Aren't there better, more effective, less invasive ways to prevent it?<br /><br />*How many of these conditions are rare and/or already easy to treat?<br /><br />*Why aren't "researchers" trying to find ways to prevent disease that DO NOT require a historically contentious and controversial surgical amputative procedure?<br /><br />*Doesn't medicine dictate that surgery be reserved as a last resort, for conditions that are require it, and when all other methods of treatment have failed?<br /><br />*WHAT is circumcision supposed to prevent that can't already be better prevented by other means?<br /><br />American medicine and medical "research" is ass-backwards as far as I can tell. American circumcision "researchers" are a disgrace to modern medicine. They're supposed to be looking for ways to make surgery OBSOLETE, not indispensable. <br /><br />They're supposed to be looking to PRESERVE the integrity of the human body, NOT legitimize, necessitate, or even REQUIRE its deliberate destruction, especially in healthy, non-consenting individuals. <br /><br />American circumcision "researchers" are the Josef Mengeles of our time. Sooner or later they're going to be held responsible for their actions.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-5299329067706818482011-07-28T18:39:28.970-07:002011-07-28T18:39:28.970-07:00Indeed! Your usual bottom line sums up the situati...Indeed! Your usual bottom line sums up the situation well, and we must keep repeating it.<br /><br />Legally, the right way to go would seem to be to stress the notion that the circumcision of a healthy child is not a valid medical procedure.<br /><br />The proposed bill made provisions for medical necessity, so striking it from the ballot because it regulates a medical procedure doesn't really seem correct.<br /><br />At best, the circumcision of a healthy child is preventative medicine, and so these questions are the only ones that remain:<br /><br />* Is destructive genital surgery a valid practice of preventative medicine?<br /><br />* Are the children being circumcised for reasons of preventative medicine?<br /><br />I think it can be argued that it is not valid based on the positions of the medical establishments around the world and based on the American Academy of Pediatrics's own policies. Moreover, there are numerous studies that show parents have their children circumcised primarily due to social norms ("to look like daddy") rather than as a step of preventative medicine.<br /><br />Consequently, this is a nonsensical ruling.<br /><br />P.S.<br />If possible, you should allow more HTML tags in comments so that better formatting (like bulleted lists) can be achieved.Tom Riddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994425531096864789noreply@blogger.com