so, it's boring as hell here today and i've spent the whole day looking at baby gap and carters and the old navy baby section. and also, i opened my big mouth over at the circumcision debate of 2005 over at http:betweenthelakes.com. because i am an idiot. there's this whole horrible and to some painful discussion going on about circumcision, to do it or not, to support friends that choose it or not, and on and on. so, foolishly, i related that i know someone who was circumsized at age 16 to prevent more infections and it was fucking awful (i left that part out, so as not to stir further controversy, ha) and so i just said that sometimes it's necessary. and whoa, was that stupid*. apparently it was because the doctor couldn't treat it properly so they had to cut it off (so i was told, damn). would he be a healthier individual if they'd cut it off when he was a baby? i don't know. but he wouldn't have had to explain to anyone why he was absent from school or couldn't participate in gym, which you can't blame a teenager for feeling fucked up about no matter how an adult looking back might view it.
so yeah, circumcisions. i don't know shit, i'm sure, but i had believed the practice was to protect baby boys from infection and became a religious and cultural practice from there. people make all kinds of choices for their children and i just don't see how you can call circumcision child harm. but half of them think i'm wrong...and sweet jesus, the comments. it's war over there. i really wonder if it's the stress of the season or circumcision has always been a hotbed issue and i just never knew. those people are vicious. there have to be more important things to get all upset about. there are like wars raging and children with no coats and mittens. surely there are more pressing matters.



*remember that time i said children should play with matches and lighter fluid** over at pinky's blog. it was just like that.
**except that's not what i said at all.