I've been following this discussion with great interest but nothing
extra to add. Although, here I have to agree with Mark (& even back in
1940 circumcision was obviously the proper thing to do in general
hospitals in Winnipeg).
Guy Davenport had a lovely rant on this in a diary eventually published
in his last book of essays (before the selected).....
Doug
On 30-Mar-06, at 3:03 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> Hey, it worked for me, Steve. Look how well-behaved I am.
>
> Angelic Mark
>
>
>> Baby circumcision is an odd early message of terror
>> to implant in healthy beings. If it's to keep boys in line, it
>> clearly most
>> of the time does not work.
>>
>> Stephen V
>
>
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