Poor little twins... :<

[alex673]

Well, about 8 months ago, a friend of mine and his wife welcomed twin boys into the world... That's the good news.

I spoke to my friend today to see how everything was and how the boys were going.. He mentioned casually they had just had their "fan belts" removed. (Aussie vernacular for they had just been circumcised).

I am utterly disgusted. Worse of all, is that apparently on the day they were cut, another 40 + boys were in there waiting for the same fate! Now this is in Perth, Western Australia.... So why were they cut? And why were the other 40 + cut as well? I was under the impression that this barbaric practice was banned in WA...

I'd love to know why it's still being done.

Just my 2c worth...

KOT

alex

[Unregistered]

I hate the casual joking about, too.

Ha ha. We care so little about our boys we had their genitals cut into, for NO reason, causing intense pain that no physician would allow an adult to experience.

It's repellent.

[Joseph]

The joke is to try and make it better.

Your boys just got needlessly mutilated.

Bah, ha ha.

It is to laugh.

:mad:

[Quark]

Unfortunetly it isn't banned in WA or any other Australian state. It is however banned from being performed in public hospitals in all states (I think all states) for 'non-medical' reasons. I know SA and QLD have banned it in public hospitals.

Going by the articles I've read about the Minister for Children in Tasmania, that might be the first state to ban it completely.

[Lovehim]

I am so sorry.
I keep wondering how I will cope if I know someone circumcises their helpless baby. I think I would have to stop talking to them there and then. I don't think I could handle it. :(

[NewToTheTug]

My brother just recently had his first son, and decided to cut him. I was pretty upset about his decision and tried to persuade him (and his girlfriend) away. Needless to say, they shot me down and actually asked me what business if was of mine. Poor little guy. My brother and me are both cut, right after birth. I have wanted an uncut penis for as long as I can remember but wasn't given a choice. I hate him for taking the right of his son away.

[finman]

Just a dumb question from the UK, why is it called having their fan belts removed? Is it comparing circumcision to a car service - something routine and required?

[alex673]

Just a dumb question from the UK, why is it called having their fan belts removed? Is it comparing circumcision to a car service - something routine and required?

Yeah, I think that would be about right... Some cavemen over here still think that circumcision is a requirement. It would seem a lot of people here still need to be enlightened on the subject. Until then, more and more boys are going to have to endure this damn thing.

[Joseph]

My brother just recently had his first son, and decided to cut him. I was pretty upset about his decision and tried to persuade him (and his girlfriend) away. Needless to say, they shot me down and actually asked me what business if was of mine.

Is he NOT your brother? Would that child NOT be your nephew?

I would have disowned him at that point.

[Unregistered]

Just a dumb question from the UK, why is it called having their fan belts removed? Is it comparing circumcision to a car service - something routine and required?

Removing a fan belt disables a car, except for that brief interval before it overheats.

[finman]

I guess that is about right then, everything seems fine for a while then hit 40 and things start to go wrong.

[Unregistered]

I live in Perth too and most of the parents I have encountered in the last ten years are not at all in favor of cutting. Maybe you are just unlucky in your choice of parents and brother :(
I also know a few younger doctors working in the public system, and they are totally opposed to it for any reason other than medical, (and even then only as a last resort). But when times get tough, I guess there are still quite a few doctors who consider it an easy source of cash.
What amazes me is that some parents actually seem to think that circumcision is some sort of STATUS symbol, like owning a BMW or a 5 bedroom mansion. I have news for them! It might have been something commonly done in the upper social classes 60 years ago, but times have changed. The thinking people have finally realised it's just a primitive mutilation that we don't have the right to inflict on children who can't consent.

[finman]

choice of parents and brother?

We can choose our friends, not our parents and brother

[Quark]

We can choose our friends, not our parents and brother

You can choose to no longer have anything to do with them.