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Pretty sure there are better ways to not catch the disease than making man a cripple.

by snshn 5y ago

0xdeadb00f 5y ago
Speak for yourself. I'm not "crippled". Circumcision has never affected me negatively in my entire life (was circumcised as a new born). How about don't throw names around like that?
- tokai 5y ago
  >Circumcision has never affected me negatively in my entire life Said with all respect - you don't know that.
- kenneth 5y ago
  And how would you know what your feelings would be like without the circumcision? Not like you've ever experienced the alternative…
- snshn 5y ago
  Don't know what you don't know. Vision also decreases with age slowly so nobody calls people wihout 20/20 vision disabled. Matter of perception. To uncut people this is a disability, to those who were circumcised it's just a gradation of not being able to feel pleasure from intercourse.
- pygy_ 5y ago
  Crippled seems apt though. The foreskin has a very high density of fine touch and pressure receptors that are directly involved in the pleasing sensations. You've been amputated of your ability to experience sexual pleasure to its full extent.
fennecfoxen 5y ago
The 1940s called, and they'd like their casual slurs back.
- snshn 5y ago
  Just reminded me of lobotomy. Both circumcision and that one have a lot in common.
dang 5y ago
Please don't post name-calling posts on provocative topics. That's flamebait, regardless of how right you are or feel you are, and I'm sure you can make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- snshn 5y ago
  Can't agree that it's "name-calling", just stating the obvious fact that men lose over 60% of sensetivity down there at birth for no reason, without being given a choice. But I do understand your intention is to keep this board clean and friendly. This topic is no more provocative than e.g. abortion, and doesn't really belong on HN in the first place. I also don't agree that it's flame bait. Political correctness is the language of cowards. And cowards get their and their kids' genitals mutilated. There's a real issue, and not calling it what it is is just letting it keep rolling forever without anyone having courage to do anything about it.
  - dang 5y ago
    "Cripple" certainly counts as name-calling in this context. Of course it's a real issue, and a provocative one. You (i.e. all of us) are responsible not for setting threads on fire when that is the case. This applies regardless of how right you are, or feel you are. Indeed, the more right you are, the more important this becomes—otherwise you end up discrediting the truth, which hurts everybody (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=truth%20discredit%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). We don't care about political correctness—we care about discussion quality. When you post the way you did upthread, and also in this reply, it leads to predictably poorer-quality discussion. Your comment is responsible for that (if you or anyone want more explanation of why I say that, there's lots at these links.) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28932445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28932445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28953253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28953253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27162386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27162386 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22expected%20value%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

Pretty sure there are better ways to not catch the disease than making man a cripple.

by snshn 5y ago

Pretty sure there are better ways to not catch the disease than making man a cripple.

Speak for yourself. I'm not "crippled". Circumcision has never affected me negatively in my entire life (was circumcised as a new born). How about don't throw names around like that?

tokai 5y ago
>Circumcision has never affected me negatively in my entire life Said with all respect - you don't know that.
kenneth 5y ago
And how would you know what your feelings would be like without the circumcision? Not like you've ever experienced the alternative…
snshn 5y ago
Don't know what you don't know. Vision also decreases with age slowly so nobody calls people wihout 20/20 vision disabled. Matter of perception. To uncut people this is a disability, to those who were circumcised it's just a gradation of not being able to feel pleasure from intercourse.
pygy_ 5y ago
Crippled seems apt though. The foreskin has a very high density of fine touch and pressure receptors that are directly involved in the pleasing sensations. You've been amputated of your ability to experience sexual pleasure to its full extent.

fennecfoxen 5y ago

The 1940s called, and they'd like their casual slurs back.

snshn 5y ago
Just reminded me of lobotomy. Both circumcision and that one have a lot in common.

dang 5y ago

Please don't post name-calling posts on provocative topics. That's flamebait, regardless of how right you are or feel you are, and I'm sure you can make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

snshn 5y ago
Can't agree that it's "name-calling", just stating the obvious fact that men lose over 60% of sensetivity down there at birth for no reason, without being given a choice. But I do understand your intention is to keep this board clean and friendly. This topic is no more provocative than e.g. abortion, and doesn't really belong on HN in the first place. I also don't agree that it's flame bait. Political correctness is the language of cowards. And cowards get their and their kids' genitals mutilated. There's a real issue, and not calling it what it is is just letting it keep rolling forever without anyone having courage to do anything about it.
- dang 5y ago
  "Cripple" certainly counts as name-calling in this context. Of course it's a real issue, and a provocative one. You (i.e. all of us) are responsible not for setting threads on fire when that is the case. This applies regardless of how right you are, or feel you are. Indeed, the more right you are, the more important this becomes—otherwise you end up discrediting the truth, which hurts everybody (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=truth%20discredit%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). We don't care about political correctness—we care about discussion quality. When you post the way you did upthread, and also in this reply, it leads to predictably poorer-quality discussion. Your comment is responsible for that (if you or anyone want more explanation of why I say that, there's lots at these links.) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28932445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28932445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28953253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28953253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27162386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27162386 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22expected%20value%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...