All the best,
Tj
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm curious if this will stir some shit.
>
> It was only a couple of months ago, I think, at PZ Myers's blog that I
> noticed there are people out there who get really upset by
> circumcision. Myers's angle of course is his disdain for religion,
> but what was interesting in the comments was dismissal for the
> medical case as well (the WHO and CDC view it positively on balance).
> The recent position change of the APA (to that the marginal benefits
> outweigh the marginal risks, but not enough actually encourage the
> practice) jibed with my previous, superficial understanding of the
> matter, but blew a lot of people's gaskets.
>
> What I find interesting is the heated rhetoric around the matter --
> emotive words like mutilation and critiques leading with insistence on
> conflicts of interest on the part of researchers, very reminiscent of
> antivaxers. Not that I think there's no case against the practice (I
> think for my own kid I'd lean against) but the impassioned reaction
> strikes me a little weird. Like, if you're going to think that much
> about my dick you might ought to ask me out.
>
> What say you?
>
> --
> Andy