Erik Moeller a écrit:
Alex-
Many people agree with you Anthere, even in the United States. This is an issue that has become galvanized because of the supposed "antisemite" connotations of circumcision (though moslems also practice this form of male genital mutilation as a religious right of the parents).
This is not the place for a circumcision flamewar. Many people feel that in spite of lacking a foreskin, they are fully sexually functional, and may even believe in the supposed medical benefits of the procedure. As a matter of fact, there are some recent studies which promote the belief that circumcision even prevents HIV. I say "promote the belief" because these studies are fundamentally methodologically flawed, but it is easy to see that people might believe them, given that they have been published in peer reviewed (US) journals and have received widespread (international) media attention.
There are people who believe just as forcefully that circumcision is right, decent and proper as I believe that it is wrong, harmful and pointless, and there are internally consistent arguments that can be made for both sides. Few subjects are as eligible to turn into long lasting flamewars as this one. Please do not encourage rants on this subject -- they do not really contribute to a debate about inclusion standards.
Wikipedia is not Usenet. It's not a place for advocacy of any kind. If anything, we should talk about how to make the article [[circumcision]] better, not about what's morally wrong with the procedure. Otherwise we might as well talk about the international arms trade, social equality, global warming and electronic voting machines, all very serious issues.
Regards,
Erik
I am going to improve the article right now, by moving to it what currently DOES NOT belong to the penis article. Which is *absolutely* the only position I have been holding. I was talking of NPOV and american bias, not of any morality issues.