San Francisco Circumcision Ban For Nov 2011 Ballot =)

[Techydude]

http://www.naturalnews.com/031464_San_Francisco_circumcision_WHO.html

The ban's official site: www.mgmbill.org

Just as female genital mutilation was legal in the U.S. until 1997 FGM ban nationally, the San Fran ban hopes to end sexism in genital mutilation and give boys the same protection girls have under the FGM ban.

The US is the number one circumcising country with the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS. Europe is the least circumcising continent with the least HIV/AIDS incidence. Coinencidence? I think not. The loss of the foreskin's immunological system that fights pathogens has been shown to fight against infection, leading us to believe circumcision INCREASES the risk of infection of STIS, UTIS, HIV/AIDS.

Use a condom and have a quick wash with a splash of water or a towelette or rag or a shower like everyone else cause any part of the body can get dirty like others and be done with your day and keep your baby males and females whole and yourselves too.

And as for the religious part, many religions advocate FGM but the law does not allow the mutilation of girls and the same should exist for boys. For Judaism, Bris Shalom is a Jewish practice without the genital cutting leaving babies whole. Groups like Doctors Opposing Circumcision, The Whole Network, Jews Against Circumcision, Quranic Path aka Muslims Against Circ, Intact America, NORM and NORM UK are celebrating this ban.

Llyod Schofield is still getting signatures for the ban to hit the 2011 San Fran ballot and is almost halfway done. You can add him on facebook. I have been waiting forever for a ban like this and hope it spreads nationally and internationally to many other countries. I've also heard Austrailia banned circumcision which is awesome.

Hope all Paleoers in San Fran sign the petition!

[TylerDurden]

While I am heavily against male circumcision myself, I don't think it is appropriate to post about non-rawpalaeo topics  except mainly in the off-topics forum(I made one exception in my journals thread re mentioning circumcision  as it was an illustration of how ridiculous the noble-savage theory was, so that was at least relevant). I'll move this topic to off-topics  now.

[MaximilianKohler]

rofl

san fransisco is the shit.



but I've always heard the opposite about circumcision & HIV in that the foreskin of an uncircumcised penis can tear/break open slightly, thus causing blood transfer.

[TylerDurden]

Read circumstitions website for info debunking the AIDS claims. Not even the pro-aids/circumcision-links scientists can truthfully claim that circumcision protects gay men or women  against AIDS, and even the other data turns out to be bogus. There have been many claims in the past about circumcision's medical benefits, from bizarre claims that circumcision prevents Jews from masturbating or that circumcision would cure cancer etc. but they all turned out to be lies/

Here's info debunking the AIDS claims:-

http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17469600.2.3.193

[Techydude]

Also: Austrailia and South Africa have enacted Circumcision bans too Aus non theraputic circ and South Africa ban on circ in some way but yeah Austrailia and South Africa have bans too and San Fran isn't the first which is awesome. Hope it spreads internationally and all nations ban this barbaric horrible stone age practice.



Actually circumcision increases the risk of HIV, UTIs, STIs, and other infections what greedy doctors and organizations wont tell you because circumcision is a billion dollar industry:

" Immunological System:
The soft mucosa (inner foreskin) contains its own immunological defense system which produces plasma cells. These cells secrete immunoglobulin antibodies as well as antibacterial and antiviral proteins, including the pathogen killing enzyme lysozyme. Once removed with the foreskin, there is no known method of restoring this immunological defense system."

http://www.wholebabyrevolution.com/The-Lost-List.html

because of the loss of the foreskin and its immunological system, circumcision increases the risk of hiv/aids, infection, utis, and stis

and removing those mucous membranes increases the risk of infection as well as increasing the risk of hiv which is why the us is the most circumcising country removing the bodies immunological system making us the highest in hiv/aids rates

The immunological purpose of the foreskin is very protective against infection and removing it is the worst medical blunder of medicine so far, proning all genitally cut male and females to infection: http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Immunological_and_Protective_Function_of_the_Foreskin

You can find out the truth on genital cutting and why it was started at: http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/ www.circumstitions.com www.norm.org www.nocirc.org and www.thewholenetwork.org If all people realized they have been genitally mutilated, sexually diminished, traumatized and stood up this would end.

[nicole]

the main problem is that the males do not consent to this procedure. I would not want part of my body cut off without my consent.

[Techydude]

the main problem is that the males do not consent to this procedure. I would not want part of my body cut off without my consent.

Exactly! It's just like giving babies tattoo at birth =(