2011-01-24 National Post (Canada) - A painless, lifesaving surgery

[Mister.Barbecue]

She wrote a reply to my letter of complaint:
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Many people have written to me wishing to correct my mistakes. I will save you the trouble of talking to a middleman. Your quarrel is with the WHO, and so I believe you should send your findings to them, as their latest report is my primary source for the health issues around circumcision. Thanks anyway. I am not getting into a discussion, not because I have no respect for your views - I believe after the tsunami of mail I have recieved, all saying essentially the same things, that we will not change each others' minds. My bottom line is that you do not legislate against a practice that has never been proved to harm males in anything but statistically nugatory numbers. I am fine with pediatricians remaining neutral rather than advocating for it, but to legislate against something, you must consider it a criminal act. And there we will never ever agree, so there is no point.
- Barbara

p.s. there are sometimes complications and deaths from vaccinations and dental procedures, and no, I do not consider "even one death" a reason not to circumcise for the simple reason that uncircumcised boys also sometimes have infections and complications resulting in terrible consequences, so it is a saw-off. When you consider the lives saved according to the latest irrefutable research, I believe the "one death" argument is rather specious.