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Dutch doctors urge end to circumcision
Reuters
Published: 27.09.11, 09:19
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1. Dutch Doctors are not very smart
Dutch Doctor   (09.27.11)
I know....I am a dutch doctor.
2. Dutch & Circumcision
Carl ,   Marblehead USA   (09.27.11)
The Germanic roots of of the Dutch keep re-emerging.
3. Its more healthy
Moshe ,   Jerusalem   (09.27.11)
I was eight days old when I had mine, may be I felt pain for that moment but it soon passed and I don't remember a thing since then about it. One thing I know people who have one stand less chance of getting AIDS.
4. Aids prevention
Tom ,   Toront   (09.27.11)
More sensible people use condoms instead of relying on circumcision.
5. Circumcision
Gershom ,   Hatzor HaGelilit, Is   (09.27.11)
I find it interesting that - there have been major medical studies done. Which show that - circumcision reduces STD's - significantly. Also - this Jewish G-D command ed Ritual - has been done - for 4000 years. Statistically - the numbers of medical problems from circumcision - are almost nil.
6. Holland highest rate infant mortality
richard ,   the hague holland   (09.27.11)
The dutch are so good telling others about their ´mistakes´. Sick!
7. Some of the liberal mohelim are offenders
peter   (09.27.11)
and should be persecuted for torturing of babies. The orthodox moheliem know very well what they are doing! Especially when they are flown in from Antwerp.
8. From the same people who...
Bartley Kulp ,   Haifa - Israel   (09.27.11)
resurrected the practice of euthanasia. A practice origionally performed in the 3rd Reich. They do not approve of circumsision or kosher slaughter.
9. "Sensitive" subject :) Kedushah/naturalness/G-d/sex ?!?
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (09.27.11)
10. More and more Jewish Israelis are abandoning circumcision...
Edward ,   Sydney, Australia   (09.28.11)
...for the same reason as these Dutch doctors. By Jewish lobby logic I guess that makes them anti-semitic Jews who love Hitler.
11. Holland bravo.Ban religious circumcision,only by docs if all
Michael ,   California, USA   (09.28.11)
12. They are simply trying to rid themselves of Muslim takeover
(09.28.11)
which is rampant throughout Europe. They figure that if their gov't is going to continue playing the multi-culti "acceptance" game they will, correctly, be seen as suckers and be overrun. If Halal meat and ritual circumcision are made to be difficult by law, etc, there -- they're hoping they'll discourage Muslim presence in their country. That's my take. Their fighting for their lives with Geert Wilders et al.
13. Naturalness
Joe ,   NYC   (09.28.11)
You mean the "naturalness" of someone modifying you? Got it...
14. Right or wrong?
I love my pnis ,   London, UK   (09.28.11)
Circumcision of a healthy penis is a cosmetic procedure not a medical one. Just as piercing an ear or a nipple. And what about tattoos? I love this bigotry! And the best is: anybody who dares to disagree is probably an anti-semite (sic!)
15. What a reasonable, adolescent argument!
Pieter ,   Amsterdam   (09.28.11)
16. Let's just be happy...
Moshe ,   Ramat Hasharon   (09.28.11)
...that the torah doesnt say anything about hitting ourselves with a wooden hammer - cause the we'd all have square heads.
17. I suffered Long term effects
Ben ,   Chutlaaretz   (09.28.11)
Couldn't walk for almost two years after I had my Brit. Wasn't able to play the piano until was 6 and I still can't speak Japanese.
18. And complications & risks of anesthetic vs circumcision?
Paqid Yirmeyahu ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (09.28.11)
Sweeping that under the rug?
19. here we go again......
tiki ,   belgium   (09.28.11)
The Dutch hypocrites telling us how to behave again. It's allright if you are in a depression and you 'suffer from life itself, to kill yourself (or burden a dokter with it, who will then suffer from guilty feelings, get depressed and then kill himself, etc.), but circumstision & religious slaughter (religious laws for thousands of years) are forbidden
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