[lbo-talk] The Rights of Baby Boys

[Miles Jackson]

ravi wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>   
>> On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:59 AM, ravi wrote:
>>     
>>> So, ask only those adult men who:
>>>
>>> * were recently circumcised
>>> * are sexually active and have been in the recent past
>>>       
>> But adult men get circumcised because they've converted to a new
>> religion, or who knows what else - to please a sexual partner? Since
>> you couldn't hold those things constant, the comparison is  
>> meaningless.
>>
>>     
>
> Meaning? They are liable to lie about the sensations they feel? (note  
> that we (at least I) are not talking about their psychological  
> experience -- which the second doctor shifts the argument into -- but  
> the physical one).
>
> 	--ravi
>   
In my view, that's a meaningless distinction.  All of our experiences 
are psychological.  (How could we be aware of any sensations that we did 
not psychologically experience?)

Miles