It seems the anti-circ activists love to promote the idea tha circumcision is dangerous and useless. Well is it? First, if we lived in a perfect worldwithought harmful viruses etc.and if body parts such as a foreskin never caused a person any problems, then maybe we could consider circumcision harmfulland useless. Sorry but its not a perfect world. Viruses such as HIV,Herpes and HPV all have an easier time entering the inner surface of the foreskineither through small tears in the lining or because of the immune response from such cells as Langerhan. Unfortunately an immune response to a virus such as HIV and Herpes is pretty much the same as the Trojan horse, and once its in its there to stay. Large number of studies show each of these viruses to be more common in the uncircumcised. Circumcision is not a cure all but it is consideredby many to be a preventive measure. Yes condoms provides protection from these viruses, but you are living in a fantasy world if you think for one secondthat people always use them.Have you ever checked into unplanned pregnancies for example, especially among young people, I think this speakes for itself.From day one after an infant is circumcised, benefits start. UTI's are less frequent for the first year of life, phimosis, paraphimosis, balanitis, thrush,cancer, frenulum tears (which can be very painful involving a lot of blood ) can all be either reduced or eliminated for a lifetime. As for ceanliness,well, thats a no brainer.Smegma, and fermented urine can form under the foreskin within a couple hours especially if small amounts of urine get trapped and start mixing with oilsand shedded skin. Many reports describe the smell as repulsive.If anything can be done to help give someone and better defence against any of these problems then maybe it should be considered more and parents should startrequesting it more often.

Here is a partial list of conditions, behaviors, and diseases physicians have claimed circumcision will prevent or cure: asthma, bladder inflammation, blindness, cancer of the cervix, cancer of the penis, cancer of the prostate, clubfoot, clumsiness, compulsion to rape, constant crying, convulsions, criminal behavior, deafness, diabetes, diarrhea, divorce, dumbness, epilepsy, excessive saliva, frequent urination, gangrene, gonorrhea, hernia, herpes, hiv/aids, hives, homosexuality, idiocy, impotence, indigestion, irritability, marital unhappiness, masturbation, mental disease, nervousness, nightmares, nose picking, oversensitive penis, paralysis, passion, promiscuity, restlessness, urine retention, sexual appetite, spinal curvature, swollen feet, syphilis, tuberculosis, urinary tract infections, and wet dreams.Are these all honest mistakes, or the biggest medical fraud in history perpetrated by circumcised men with a compulsion to have done to others what was done to them?