The Foreskin Has Crucial Functions

Mr truth, your words belie your chosen name.

“Removing the foreskin on a grown man is like removing the tonsils or appendix. On the infant male, the foreskin is a vestigial useless wrapper like the umbilical cord”

Nope, removing the foeskin removes a part of the immune system, reduces the tactile sensitivity of the organ and ultimately results in premature erectile difficulties. Circumcision results in impotence an average of seven years early. It also contributes to female arousal disorder that leaves a circumcised man’s partner with painful sexual experiences after menopause.

“Dirty foreskin worshippers and circumcised men with psychological illnesses seem to promote the foreskin as "crucial" when it is no different than umbilical cord tissue.”

Actually, the preputial space is bathed in enzymes that virtually “eat” pathogens. The preputial space is actually biologically cleaner than other parts of the body.

“That is the only issue with pain.”

That is substantial and significant pain. It is pain that would make a grown man scream. But, that is only part of the torture. The entire foreskin is inervated similarly to the lips and the pain is similar to cutting the lips off. The umbilical has no nerves.

“After that takes place and the skin is clamped, a simple light sweep of a scalpel and the useless foreskin is removed."

Yes, it is similar to being clamped in a pair of locking pliers. It is not a “simple sweep” but instead a series of slashes. Watch a circumcision video on the internet and you can confirm this. The foreskin is far from “useless.” It has important immunological and sexual functions. I think I can safely assume you are circumcised because of some of the things you write. Your writings clearly show you have no first hand knowledge of a foreskin.

“Just as quick as the foreskin is retracted, clamped and excised comes and goes the pain.”

So, what other part of the body can be so severely injured and not have on-going pain sensations? You either have no knowledge or are intentionally lying. Which is it?

“with 1 to 2 days of slight irritation,”

Circumcision involves the same type injury as finger nail removal. The pain should be virtually the same. I have lost a finger nail and the pain and sensitivity did not go away in 1 or 2 days. Why would the more sensitive genitalia be different?

“Circumcision: A very minor and beneficial operation for freeing the penis of the imprisoning and redundant vestigial foreskin appendage. In the likes of removing the umbilical cord, tonsils and the appendix.”

Do you even know the definitions of these words? Vestigal? Appendage? Redundant? You are not using them as they are defined and thus your statements ring hollow. The umbilical cord will eventually fall off but the foreskin will not. The tonsils and appendix is now known to have a function. At one time, the appendix would routinely be removed during any abdominal surgery but no longer. It was determined the appendix is a valuable part of the immune system. Same with tonsils. Doctors are reluctant to remove them until other treatments have been tried and most won’t remove them except as last resort.

“Men who have been taken care of medically are circumcised. Let this be etched in stone.”

Yes, there are a few who have been circumcised without authorization while they were in surgery. But they have also sued the doctors and have won $$$ millions. Let that be a warning.

“Just make sure the circumciser is experienced and you pick the Doctor ahead of time.”

With a hospital circumcision, you don’t know if it’s the ob/gyn doing the circumcision or an intern who has done maybe less than 5. All of the cases where a circumciser was sued for cutting off part or all of the glans, the circumciser claimed he/she had done “more than 10,000 circumcisions.”

How much “experience” is enough to avoid a mishap? What if the doctor is lying? 10,000 circumcisions would be between 4 and 6 million dollars in income for the circumciser. Think they might be lying?

“I know this as fact, being a man who was circumcised as an adult. Honestly, the foreskin is just a useless obstructive vestigial appendage”

I suspect I know who you are and if you are who I think you are, you’ve claimed to have been circumcised at three different times in your life. I actually found out you are Jewish and were circumcised on the eighth day. Am I wrong?

“Fortunately, the CDC is going to make circumcision for all newborn males MANDATORY by law in the near future. It's about time”

That’s not going to happen. The CDC has no authority to make anything mandatory. They can only issue recommendations and it looks like they are not going to recommend circumcision.

“This means that after your son is taken away to be cleaned up, he'll also be circumcised, then brought back to you. No "consent" to circumcise your son will be needed.”

That’s not going to happen either. The hospital would be liable in a court. It would violate current law and it is not likely to be abolished as it would affect all medical procedures. I recommend you read The Constitution of The United States. No one can remove your body parts without permission. If they do, they’re setting themselves up for a big lawsuit. The laws that control this were written because of a circumcision case in 1972. It is very unlikely Congress would even attempt such a thing.

As a matter of fact, eighteen states no longer pay for neonatal circumcisions and I suspect Congress will eventually pass a similar law.

“You shouldn't waste your time debating a medically-advantageous procedure like circumcision. Because all you're doing is being self-defeating.”

Results say otherwise. Debating has brought the circumcision rate down from 66% to just 32.5% in the last 5 years. That’s certainly not self defeating.

It hinders good sex, is a bacteria and virus trap, is ugly and is unsanitary! I was circumcised at 18 and can assure you the foreskin is useless! I had no hesitation to have my son's (2&4) circumcised as I know they will have a lifetime of benefits and a great sex life by a little snip!

You say, "The foreskin provides the skin necessary to accommodate a full erection”. My experience confirms this.

I was circumcised at the age of 2.5 yrs & a great deal of skin was removed & there wasn’t enough remaining to allow my penis to fully erect. On erection the skin was pulled so tight that it resembled a drum skin. When I grew a substitute foreskin using standard skin expansion methods as used in hospitals around the world on a daily basis, a full erection became possible and my erect penis was 1 inch [2.54cms] longer. That extra inch had been compressed into my body for most of my adult life. What a waste! What is more, I now have moveable skin on the shaft of my erect penis which strokes and caress the branches of the dorsal nerve embedded in the shaft which I’m pleased to say is rather nice.