Monday, June 4, 2012

Die Psychologie der Stämme, die Beschneidung mit meinen Ergänzungen fett und kursiv gedruckt angewandt:

Die Psychologie der Stämme, die Beschneidung mit meinen Ergänzungen fett und kursiv gedruckt angewandt:

1.Wenn handeln in einer Weise, die in erster Linie beziehen sich auf ihre Zugehörigkeit zu einer Gruppe, um das Verhalten einer Person Änderungen spiegeln die Ansichten und Bestrebungen der Gruppe eher als die des Individuums. Deshalb, wenn die Gruppe schneidet die Genitalien seiner Mitglieder an der Gruppenmitgliedschaft, männlich oder weiblich bezeichnen, die Bestrebungen der Gruppe haben Vorrang vor den Bestrebungen eines Individuums zu nehmen, führt das auf das Kind männliche Beschneidung und Genitalverstümmelung von Mädchen. Sie finden die Eltern und insbesondere Mütter-in von der Beschneidung Kulturen Übergabe ihre Neugeborenen zu senken, auch wenn es gegen ihre Instinkte geht, ihr Baby vor Schaden zu schützen ..

2. Tribal Psychologie, ist ein wichtiges Merkmal von Jäger und Sammler Zeiten, in denen starke Stammesidentität wesentlich für das Überleben war, aber es ist notwendig für jede Gruppe, um Wege, um die Eigenschaft der Gruppenzugehörigkeit zu betonen finden, da es, dass die Identifikation mit der Gruppe, die Förderung der Zusammenarbeit und Selbstlosigkeit in hilft, ist das Verhalten seiner Mitglieder. In Genitalbeschneidung Kulturen, wird dann die Beschneidung als ein Ritual, das nicht nur bezeichnet Stammes-Mitgliedschaft gesehen, aber auf einer gewissen Ebene wird als essentiell für das Überleben einer Gruppe gesehen. Sie können sehen, wie die Beschneidung ihrer Kulturen und wissenschaftlichen Institutionen und gehen sehen für Daten-, und sogar Experimente wie den afrikanischen HIV-Studien, um zu zeigen, dass die Beschneidung ist wesentlich für das Überleben der Menschheit. Schauen Sie sich die Umstände der Entwicklung der Versuche. Epidemiologische Daten aus Afrika zeigten, dass einige Populationen unbeschnittenen hatten niedrigere HIV-Infektionen als beschnittenen Populationen jedoch die Wissenschaftler diese Populationen ignoriert, und die Versuche durchgeführt wurden, wo die ungeschnittene Populationen hatten höhere HIV-Infektionen. Die Methoden des Experiments begünstigt den Cut-Gruppe, und widersprüchlichen Daten minimiert oder ignoriert. Dieser Auswahlprozess und die Methodik erlaubt eine größere Chance für die a-priori-Hypothese zu bestätigen, dass die Beschneidung gegen HIV schützt das wird Überleben der Gruppe zu gewährleisten. Und die unnachgiebige Nutzung dieser Daten durch die Pro-Beschneiderinnen, die, was in hohen Prävalenz von HIV in Afrika aus den Versuchen mit erwachsenen Probanden, als Rechtfertigung für männliche Säuglinge in niedrigen Prävalenz von HIV Nationen beschneiden verwenden. Medizinische Einrichtungen und Wissenschaftlern aus Circumcison Kulturen zu vermeiden oder darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass EU und Japan, die derzeit zu beschneiden viel niedriger HIV / STI 's als die USA die höchsten Raten für Erwachsene Beschneidung hat in der entwickelten Welt haben.

Negativen Elemente von Tribal Psychologie mit meinem Ergänzungen fett und kursiv gedruckt sind:

Grandiose Tribal Selbstbild: dem eigenen Stamm hat gewisse positive Eigenschaften. Schauen Sie sich z. B. Pro-Propaganda Beschneidung: Die Beschneidung macht der Stamm mehr hygienisch und sauber; Beschneidung sieht besser aus; Beschneidung ist besser für Sex; Beschneidung ist gesünder. Vergleichen Sie dies ohne medizinische Organisation in der Welt empfiehlt Beschneidung Routine für den oben genannten Gründen, und Menschen aus Nicht-EU-Beschneidung und Japan sind gesünder, länger leben haben Lowe HIV / STI 's, und zeigen Sie den intakten Penis als gesund und normal.Die Stammes-Schatten: andere Stämme sind böse und unmenschlich. Pro-Beschneidung ist im Überfluss vorhanden mit der Dämonisierung der Vorhaut und der unbeschnittenen. Vergleichen Sie dies mit vielen Teilen der Welt 70 bis 75% lehnt die Beschneidung und die gesündesten Völker mit zu den gesündesten Menschen sind unbeschnitten.Gruppe Polarisation Tribal Identität gewinnt die Vorherrschaft über die der individuellen Identität selbst in Situationen, von Stammes-Konflikt und Wettbewerb. Pro-Beschneidung verwendet die propagandistische Parole ihrer Rechte haben die Eltern auf die Beschneidung entscheiden, zu leugnen, die Rechte des Kindes, für sich selbst entscheiden. Dass intactivists sind böse prople, die Eltern zu verweigern wollen. Vergleichen Sie dies mit der stärksten Argumente gegen die Beschneidung, die auf Menschenrechten und ethischen Gründen, die es braucht, um die Individuen Recht zu wählen, wenn sie volljährig sind und eine fundierte Entscheidung sein Einverständnis beruhen.Gruppe denken: Menschen haben eine Tendenz, zu den vorherrschenden Überzeugungen und Meinungen der Gruppen, denen sie angehören konform entwickelt. Halten Meinungen gegen den Konsens hervorbringt Stress im einzelnen, und birgt die Gefahr der sozialen Ausgrenzung. Schauen Sie sich Pro-Beschneidung Propaganda, wie es intactivists Etiketten, wie Vorhaut Fetischisten, böse Menschen, und Extremisten.

Der Aufsatz zog folgende Schlussfolgerungen und ich meine Interpretation in fett und kursiv:

Tribal Gruppe Umgebungen wurden in der Evolution von den Grundlagen der menschlichen Psychologie wichtig, und aus diesem Grund Menschen werden kraftvoll von Faktoren, die Gruppenidentität zu stärken beeinflusst. Deshalb haben wir eine schwierige Aufgabe vor uns zu denen, die Beschneidung ist wichtig, Gruppenidentität glauben zu überzeugen. Wir müssen wählen und nutzen Sie unsere Strategien sorgfältig, langsam und betonen, dass genitale Status nichts mit Gruppenidentität in einer modernen Welt zu tun hat. Dass die Wahrung der individuellen Menschenrechte in der modernen Welt, hilft uns, gehören zur Welt der zivilisierten & moralischen Menschen. Offensichtlich eine Strategie, um dorthin zu gelangen ist es, Bildung und informierte Diskussion zu erziehen verwenden. Die Argumente, die Wesentlichkeit der Beschneidung zu stärken für das Überleben müssen entlarvt werden, weil sie wie ein mächtiger Verstärker sind, und warum die ProCirc die Nutzung Angst als Motivator an circ. Beachten Sie auch, wie sich einige Juden selbst habe die Beschneidung für die Brith Shalom aufgegeben einem spanlosen Zeremonie zur Mitgliedschaft in der jüdischen Gemeinschaft gebe. So müssen Sie nicht zu schneiden, Jude zu sein.Die Identifikation mit einer Gruppe polarisiert Spaltungen zwischen der Gruppe und einer Gruppe von anderen, die Feinde der Gruppe zu bilden. Wir müssen vorsichtig sein, wenn wir uns davon überzeugen, dass wir nicht die Feinde sind. Wir können sagen, dass erziehen und gehört zur Gruppe der Menschheit oder einer sozialen Gruppe ist völlig unabhängig von Genital-Status geschnitten oder ungeschnitten.Individuen neigen dazu, ihr Denken zu, dass der Gruppe entsprechen, auch gegen ihr persönliches Eigeninteresse. Dies ist, wo die individuellen Menschenrechte zu betonen, dass Gruppe denken können nicht zulassen, die Verletzung dieser Rechte haben. Beachten Sie, individuelle psychologische Verteidigung, "Ich, m so froh, dass ich beschnitten wurde als Baby" nie Materie, die sie ihren funktionellen Anatomie verweigert wurde und sie nie hatte ein Mitspracherecht.Mitarbeiter verstehen, wie man die Vorteile dieser Psychologie mit chauvinistischen Haltung und Feier der romantisierenden historischen Symbole nehmen. So entsteht eine Erzählung für die Gruppe, die erhöhte Niveaus von Polarisierung und Gruppe denke hervorbringt. Dies ist, wo wir zu medizinischen Organisationen und deren Führer, Gesetzgeber und Politiker, um individuelle Menschenrechte über die der Gruppe kulturellen Rechte zu betonen herauszufordern.

Wo dieser Prozess der Stammes-Psychologie kann ein Vorteil für das Überleben eines Stammes oder der Individuen, aus denen sich dieses Stammes haben, ist es eindeutig nicht im Interesse der Individuen in der modernen Welt. Aus diesem Grund ist es unerlässlich, dass Personen Kenntnis von dieser Psychologie zu werden und darauf bestehen, dass Politiker / Medicos / Gesetzgeber unterlassen. Die Beschneidung von Babys und Kindern männlich oder weiblich ist nicht für das Überleben einer Gruppe wichtig ist, und stellt eine Verletzung der individuellen Menschenrechte des betreffenden Individuums. Die moderne Welt muss Vorrang zu individuellen Menschenrechte insbesondere von Kindern geben, und dass sie von Genitalbeschneidung Praktiken geschützt werden. Wenn Erwachsene wollen wählen, um ihre eigenen Genitalien geschnitten, die eine individuelle Wahl sie für sich selbst machen kann, ist zu haben.





Tribal Psychologie hat das Potenzial, direkt mit den individuellen Menschenrechten in Konflikt stehen. AMEN

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Psychology of Tribes applied to Circumcision


Psychology of Tribe borrowed from=  http://www.writingsonthewall.net/morality-of-groups-1

The psychology of tribes applied to circumcision with my additions in bold italics:

1.When acting in ways which relate primarily to their membership of a group, a person’s behaviour changes to reflect the beliefs and aspirations of the group rather than those of the individual. Therefore if the group cuts the genitals of its members to denote group membership, male or female, the aspirations of the group will take precedence over the aspirations of an individual, who may not want to have his/her genitals cut.  This is what leads to infant male circumcision, and FGM of female children. You find parents and in-particular mothers from circumcision cultures handing over their male newborns to be cut, and the girl children to be cut, even when it goes against their  maternal instincts to protect their baby or child from harm..

2. Tribal Psychology, is an important trait from hunter gatherer times when strong tribal identity was essential to survival, but it’s necessary for any group to find ways to emphasize the characteristic of group membership because it’s that identification with the group which helps promote cooperation and selflessness in the behaviour of its members.  In genital cutting cultures, circumcision is then seen as a ritual which not only denotes tribal membership, but at some level is seen as essential to the survival of a group.  You can see how circumcision cultures & its scientific institutions go and look for data, and even create experiments such as the African HIV trials, to show that circumcision is essential to human survival.  Look at the circumstances of the development of the trials. Epidemiological data from Africa showed that some uncircumcised populations had lower HIV infections than circumcised populations, however, the scientists ignored those populations, and the experiments were conducted where the uncut populations had higher hiv infections. The methodologies of the experiment favoured the cut group, and conflicting data minimized or ignored. This selection process and methodology allowed a greater chance for the a priori  hypothesis to be confirmed that circumcision protects against hiv which will ensure survival of the group. And the unrelenting use of this data by the Pro-Circumcisers who use what happens in high prevalence HIV Africa from the experiments with adult volunteers, as a justification to circumcise male infants in low prevalence hiv nations.  Medical institutions, and scientists from Circumcison cultures avoid or hide the fact that EU & Japan which dont circumcise have much lower HIV/STI's than the USA which has highest adult circumcision rates in the developed world.  Therefore circumcision is seen as an act of cooperation and selflessness to enhance survival of the group.  What is totally ignored here is the fact that most cultures/tribes of the world don't circumcise and have been very successful in surviving.

Negative Elements of Tribal Psychology with my additions in bold italics include:

  1. Grandiose tribal self image: one’s own tribe has certain positive characteristics. Eg Look at Pro-Circumcision Propaganda: Circumcision makes the tribe more hygienic and clean; Circumcision looks better; Circumcision is better for sex; Circumcision is healthier.  Contrast this with the actual evidence that no medical organisation in the world recommends routine circumcision for the above reasons, and people from non-circumcision EU & Japan are healthier, live longer have lower hiv/sti's, and view the intact penis as healthy and normal.
  2. The tribal shadow: other tribes are evil and inhuman.  Pro-Circumcision propaganda abounds with the demonization of the foreskin and the uncircumcised.  Contrast this with most of the world 70 to 75% rejects circumcision, and the healthiest nations with the healthiest people are uncircumcised.
  3. Group polarization Tribal identity gains dominance over that of an individual’s self identity in situations of tribal conflict and competition. Pro-Circumcision uses the propaganda slogan of its the Parents Rights to decide on circumcision, denying the rights of the child to choose for himself.  That intactivists are evil prople who want to deny parents rights.  Contrast this with the strongest arguments against circumcision which are based on human rights and on ethical grounds, that it needs to be the individuals right to choose when they are an adult and make an informed consent decision for themselves.  Pro-circumcision cultures emphasise the group, anti-curcumcision groups emphasise individual rights.
  4. Group think: humans have evolved a tendency to conform to the predominant beliefs and opinions of groups to which they belong. Holding opinions contrary to the consensus engenders stress in the individual, and carries with it the risk of social exclusion. Look at Pro-Circumcision propaganda how it promotes circumcision as the normal healthy thing to do, and labels intactivists, as foreskin fetishists, evil people, and extremists.

The essay drew following conclusions and I add my interpretation in bold italics:

  • Tribal group environments have been important in the evolution of the underpinnings of human psychology, and for that reason people are powerfully influenced by factors which reinforce group identity. Therefore we have a difficult task ahead of us to convince those that believe circumcision is important to group identity.  WE need to select and use our strategies carefully, and slowly emphasise that genital status has nothing to do with group identity in a modern world.  That observance of individual human rights in the modern world, helps us belong to the world of civilised & moral human beings. Obviously one strategy to get there is to use education and informed discussion to educate. The arguments that reinforce the essentiality of circumcision for survival have to be debunked, because they are such a powerful reinforcer, and why the ProCirc’s use fear as a motivator to circ.  Also note how some Jews themselves have abandoned the circumcision for the brit shalom a non-cutting ceremony to admit membership to the jewish community.  So you dont have to cut to be a jew.
  • Identification with a group polarizes divisions between the group and a category of others who form the group’s enemies. WE need to be careful if we are to persuade that we are not the enemies.  We can educate & say that belonging to the group of humanity or any social group is completely independent of genital status Cut or UnCut.
  • Individuals are inclined to conform their thinking to that of the group, even against their personal self interest. This is where individual human rights have to be emphasised, that group think cannot allow the violation of these rights. Note individual psychological defence, “I;m so glad I was circumcised as a baby” never matter they were denied their functional anatomy and they never had a say.
  • Leaders understand how to take advantage of this psychology with jingoistic posturing and celebration of romanticised historical icons. This creates a narrative for the group which engenders heightened levels of polarization and group think. This is where we have to Challenge medical organizations and their leaders, law-makers and politicians, to emphasise individual human rights over that of group cultural rights.

Where this process of Tribal Psychology may have been an advantage to the survival of a tribe or the individuals which made up that tribe, it is clearly not in the interests of the individuals in the modern world. For that reason it is essential that individuals become aware of this psychology and insist that politicians/medicos/law makers refrain from. Circumcision of babies and children male or female is not important for the survival of any group, and is a violation of the individual human rights of that individual.  The modern world needs to give pre-eminence to individual human rights particularly of children, and that they be protected from genital cutting practices.  If adults want to choose to have their own genitals cut, that is an individual choice they can make for themselves.



Tribal Psychology has the potential to directly conflict with individual human rights.  AMEN

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Problem with Mathematical Modelling in Circumcision & HIV Prevention

The whole basis of mathematical modelling is based on the accuracy of assumptions they are based on, and their ability to accurately predict the future from these assumptions.  If the assumptions the mathematical modelling are based on, are in any way incorrect, false, distorted or less than assumed, then the mathematical predictions based on those flawed assumptions will be totally inaccurate.

The mathematical modelling which was used by researchers to convince the WHO to endorse circumcision in Africa are fundamentally flawed.  Basically the assumption is this, the results from the clinical trials assumed that circumcision was the only variable that accounted for a reduction in HIV infections and therefore this will translate will translate exactly into the exact proportion of future reductions in HIV infections in the real life circumstances of Africans, .Any innacuracy in assumptions will totally distort any mathematical predictions based on these assumptions.

Lets look at the flaws in these assumptions

That men will not modify their behaviour following circumcision, such as have sex without using condoms believing they are protected by circumcision, less condom use is a completely different assumption not accounted for, and if occurs as some evidence already suggests, will totally change the predicted outcomes of  reduction in hiv infections
The research did not prove life-long protection only partial episodic protection (relative to the trial conditions for only 18months, and did not follow and support them for the course of their lives).
The trials also did not reflect not real world settings, and therefore how can they be applicable to real world settings. Eg. Clinical trilas with education, counselling, educations, 1st world medical treatment.

Rarely reported or emphasised, A significant number of circumcised men in the study became infected with HIV.

The participants were not randomly selected, but selected themselves, creating a potential bias or distortion in the generalisability of the results to any general population.
The participants were paid adult male volunteers who wanted to be circumcised and therefore had a bias in favour of it, and could possibly have been in favour of circumcision because they were high risk candidates who had unprotected sex (no condoms) with multiple sex partners, and were looking for a way to maintain high risk behaviours
Therefore as the participants were not randomly selected, and were a potentially biased self-selected sample of the population, the results cannot be extrapolated to general populations outside of this population sub-group. (Van Howe & Storms, 2011)

Inadequate Controls: Participants in the trials were not treated equally with the circumcised group given more education about healing from surgery, advised to not resume sex for 6 to 8 weeks and therefore, abstained from sex longer, and participants were given greater time and emphasis about wearing condoms during the period of healing from surgery. No control was undertaken to examine possible non-sexual blood exposures by participants. No control was undertaken for dry sex as practised by some african cultures. No control for the sex (gender) of partners, and no control for anal intercourse.
(Van Howe & Storms, 2011)
Unexplained and disrtorting the statistics was the finding that in the first three months of the Kenyan trial, five men became HIV-positive who reported no sexual activity in the period before the seroconversion (0.73/100 person-years, 95%CI=0.30-1.76). (Van Howe & Storms, 2011)
Data suggests a percentage of infections were from non-sexual exposures, with 23 infected men reporting no sexual contact without a condom. No explanations or investigations undertaken for non-sexual exposures to HIV infections. (Van Howe & Storms, 2011)

The African HIV Trial researchers were all pro-circumcision and with a history of activism in the area.

Nearly 10 times as many participants dropped out of the clinical studies as were infected, with HIV status unknown.

The studies were ended early exagerrating effects.

The vast majority of participants in the study were HIV free, therefore, why was no attempt made by researchers to identify the 100% condom users and compare these to the circumcised group, Was 100% condom use more effective than circumcision = Most probably yes!! but researchers did not want to find this and report it.

No long term follow-up possible with all subjects circumcised at end of trial.

Researchers used speculative hypotheses to explain trial findings, such as Langeran present in the foreskin cells are targeted by HIV, whereas later research found Langeran cells actually kill HIV.
(Van Howe & Storms, 2011)

The studies had such high numbers of participants leading to an overpowering of the statistical analysis, inflating the results.
(Van Howe & Storms, 2011)

French demographer Garenne criticised the findings by demonstrating that interventions with a near 50% clinical trial efficacy had very little population effect.

At best the research findings are only valid for adult circumcision volunteers, and populations with high prevalence of HIV, not babies or low prevalence nations. At worst the research is so floored the findings only have validity within similar research conditions and virtually zero validity for real world situations.

Harvard Professors display scientific illiteracy when it comes to circumcision

Is this Ignorance, Group Think, Confirmation Bias, Cultural Blindness or what?  It appears that the defence of circumcision turns even the most intelligent human beings into ignorant imbeciles!  Stephen Pinker (Psychologist and Cognitive Scientist) stated that "loyalty to a social group often over-rides truth", and probably best explains how Harvard Professors appear scientfically illiterate.


Read the following from an interview with 2 x Harvard Professors on the subject of circumcision:

 "Dr. Essex Harvard Professor has indicated, male circumcision is much cheaper than condoms + education (one male circumcision in southern Africa is < U$100 and each condom costs almost U$1.00).   Dr Plank stated --  "I can say, however, that male circumcision is a one-time intervention with life-long benefit".

But get this = The authors of the African Studies recommended circumcised men should still use condoms consistently, because circumcised men still become infected, therefore the cost of circumcision needs to include the lifetime cost of condoms.  

How could a Harvard Professor not understand "you have to add the cost of circumcision and the cost of a life of condoms!! Education about safe sex and HIV is also a moral imperitive so education has to be part of any program.  So in actual fact circumcision makes HIV prevention MORE EXPENSIVE!!

How is it that 2 x Harvard Professors make such  basic ERRORS?  Is it BIAS or INGORANCE? or Cultural Blindness???     It appears that the defence of circumcision makes even Harvard Professors Scientifically Illiterate!! Even the rabid pro-circ researchers recommended circumcised men needed to wear condoms!!  The big fear being that circumcision leads to behavioural disinhibition and men stop wearing condoms, = is not even discussed by these professors? . If Harvard professors get this so very wrong, what chance have poor illiterate uneducated Africans got?  A Public Health disaster is in the making here, it is so very sad.

The circumcision issue seems beyond Reason & Logic for these people, it appears to be such a deeply rooted tribal custom and an unconscious loyalty to their social group, which interferes with their scientific thinking, very sad for Americans & Africans.

Loyalty to the social group trumps the truth.  

Saturday, January 14, 2012

When a baby dies from circumcision you find out the truth that circumcision is valued more than a baby's life

The most disturbing aspect of a child dying from circumcision other than the unnecessary tragic loss of life is the efforts to protect circumcision. This post documents some recent deaths (listed below) ( though I have stopped this recently as I find it too distressing) and also to highlight the lengths people will go to protect circumcision, even when its caused the death of a child?  So beware in a circumcision culture, circumcision is considered more valuable and important than your baby's life! Your baby is expendable to the tribe, circumcision is more important to the tribe than your baby, at least understand this.

The pattern of behaviour you find when a baby or child dies from circumcision, is that often the circumcision is not blamed, but the incompetent circumciser, a deficiency in the baby, or the parents are usually blamed!  The parents often so hurt, in shock and confused, dont know what to do or say. Please dont blame the parents in this time of grief........

03/06/18 In this case the Doctor blames the parents, whereas the parents are claiming medical negligence. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/29-day-old-baby-dies-after-circumcision-kerala-parents-allege-medical-negligence-82399

03/10/17 Another neonate death from circumcision this time pre-existing conditioned blamed http://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-who-lost-consciousness-after-circumcision-dies/

16/09/17  Another death reported https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/17/male-circumcision-baby-goodluck

28/08/17 Another baby dies from circumcision reported in Facebook today, I cant even stand reading about it.

18/01/17 Another boy dies from circumcision , in this case the police are called in, and state it is difficult to investigate because circumcision communities don't co-operate. Another example of how circumcision and the circumciser are protected even though a babies life has been taken.  https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-police-investigate-the-parents-of-a-boy-who-died-after-a-home-circumcision-56843   http://joseph4gi.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/circumcision-death-this-time-in-russia.html

25/10/15 Another needless death as baby dies from circumcision http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/26/secrecy-questioned-about-babys-death-after-circumcision.html http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com//health/ontario-newborn-bleeds-to-death-after-family-doctor-persuades-parents-to-get-him-circumcised

09/08/15 Baby's penis is severed and not the slightest condemnation of circumcision http://www.inquisitr.com/2320782/circumcision-gone-wrong-8-day-old-baby-boys-penis-reattached-after-botched-brit-ceremony/

14/12/14 Another death from circumcision reported interesting how some either avoiding blaming circ or protecting circ http://circwatch.org/512/


04/06/14 Another baby dies and they're blaming the competence of the Dr here: http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/47982-infant-dies-during-circumcision.html

23/05/14 Circumcised Baby in Denmark goes into Coma, circumcision is defend by total silence.   http://arclaw.org/news/sad-news-danish-baby-goes-coma-after-circumcision http://arclaw.org/news/sad-news-danish-baby-goes-coma-after-circumcision




10/09/13 5yo   Boys genitals amputated because of circumcision http://en.tengrinews.kz/health/Genitals-of-5-yo-boy-may-be-amputated-due-to-failed-circumcision-in-Atyrau-22110/


16/08/13  Another death of a child from circumcision. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/child-dies-after-circumcision-at-hospital-1.1563203#.Ug3ashU9Vwc.twitter


**Update 23/06/13 Just revealed in 2013 the death of another baby in 2008: http://intactivists.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/jayvas.html

A baby critical, near death had stopped breathing following another circumcision:  Just reported this baby has died, and the mother blamed for breastfeeding him after the circumcision. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/baby-dies-in-israeli-hospital-following-circumcision/2013/06/07/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/baby-in-critical-condition-after-circumcision/ Read the article and no issue with circumcision they say = "Doctors began investigating what might have caused the incident, including excessive blood loss, a congenital disease, or infection", so sad that circumcision and its defence appears more important than human life.

Unfortuntely & Sadly, Yet another death of a baby bleeding to death following circumcision. 09/03/13: Condolences to the Family. It is not the families fault but that of the medical profession for performing unnecessary surgery on a baby. This baby would still be alive had not the medical community (AAP) condoned the practice of routine circumcision and minimize the risks and harms.  The reports coming out of the hospital now stating the baby had haemophilia, denoting that is the reason the baby died, and absolving the doctors and circumcision AGAIN!!! http://circumstitionsnews.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/sacramento-another-circumcision-death.html


Another report emerged 26/11/12 of a baby bleeding to death from circumcision.  In this case it is the circumciser who is blamed for incompetence and negligence.  Again the circumcision itself is spared any blame. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20503660

Again a baby bleeds to death from circumcision, and yes the blame is partly apportioned to the mother for removing the bandage too early and yet again circumcision is not identified as the cause of death, Coroner claiming cause of death accidental?  Shows you how circumcision is valued more than human lifehttp://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/queen_s_park_baby_bled_to_death_two_days_after_being_circumcised_1_1419367?fb_comment_id=fbc_10151804082653475_24984662_10151804729018475#f2c59604accaf8e

Another death from circumcision occurred May 2012 in Oslo Norway, and in the report they stated that these cases are so difficult to investigate because Parents usually defend the circumcisers? Can you believe that? http://translate.google.no/translate?client=safari&hl=no&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&twu=1&q=l?sl=no&tl=en&u=http://mobil.bt.no/nyheter/innenriks/Gutt-dode-etter-omskjaring-i-Oslo-2702889.html%23.T64eNaNhiSM

In the most recent report 18 June 2012, a baby fractured it skull during a religious circumcision and again the circumcisers are protected?????? http://endmalecircumcision.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/babys-skull-fractured-in-bristol.html


And what do we find from the ProCutters of Twitter doing? More and More promotion of infant circumcision, they obviously value circumcision more than human life.

In Sept 2011 the media reported another baby died from circumcision, this time resulting from the complications of contracting herpes from a Rabbi who was infected with herpes who sucked the baby's penis following a circumcision!! Its hard to believe isnt it???? Making me Vomit, they;re blaming the jewish mother now, for not caring for the baby properly??  Even harder to believe is the lack of outrage at the death, and the defense of the Mohel & circumcision,???  More astonsihing is that people are still defending circumcision, they just value circumcision more than a human life????????? The Twitter procircs tried to distance themselves by claiming it wasnt circumcisions fault it was the archaic and rare jewish religious practice that was to blame, not their special type of circumcision (which also claims lives)

For me, when a baby dies from circumcision i feel great sorrow.  I think this is a preventable death, and why does this still happen.  I also feel outrage that in the 21st century babies still die needlessly, and are sacrificed for tradition. I'm outraged with medicine also. How can an ethical medical practitioner perform this risky surgery on a pefectly healthy infant.  I begin to feel a sense of anger towards the medical profession, and those that constantly promote the practice.  It motivates me to educate, and to try and end this primitive tribal practice, and hope that my efforts spare at least a few babies from the risk of harm.

For the pro-circumcision crowd, what you'll notice is the first thing they do when a baby dies from circumcision is to defend the practice of circumcision!!  Or they'll be deafly silent wanting all to fade away from peoples memory so they can go on promoting.  Or they get into the blame game. They blame the parents for not being vigilant enough, they blame the medical staff for negligence, they make up stuff like the baby just died spontaneously fron sudden infant death syndrome, NOW they're even blaming BREASTFEEDING http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1312742/-/b1gmqez/-/ the thing they wont blame though is the practice of circumcision, because their actions demonstrate that the practice of circumcision is worth more than a human life!!  This truly sickens me!!!!!!

What more can anyone say???????

Monday, January 9, 2012

The Defence of Circumcision is not a good look

When you hear people defending circumcision, the look is not good.  When doctors defend circumcision they appear to be unethical, medically and scientifically illiterate, and protecting self-interest.  It brings shame to the medical profession.  When parents defend circumcision, they can appear as if their own interests and preferences for male genitalia are more important than what nature intended and evolved over a million years, and or what their son may want choose for himself.  This is just so shameful, it is primitive and disrespectful to the individual the circumcision impacts. The list goes on and on.............. its not a good look