tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post5977928535398965039..comments2024-03-16T14:18:11.330-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: MRI Studies: The Brain Permanently Altered From Infant CircumcisionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-13102191813091907092020-03-04T05:56:16.142-05:002020-03-04T05:56:16.142-05:00Why was no anesthetic used? Isn't it normally ...Why was no anesthetic used? Isn't it normally used in circumcisions?stripey7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03681029697572463505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-78721526448861212822015-03-14T03:49:02.082-04:002015-03-14T03:49:02.082-04:00Putting an open wound in a diaper is not very clea...Putting an open wound in a diaper is not very clean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-67098309003152630092015-01-09T11:20:49.881-05:002015-01-09T11:20:49.881-05:00I'm the mother of a 3 year old who is intact -...I'm the mother of a 3 year old who is intact - the toughest part of my son's body to keep clean for me by far is behind his ears...I never have had any issues because of his foreskin, and I do nothing special in that region. The skin is not retractable yet. No need to do more than make sure to wash it with the rest of his body with soap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-7280583253826459802014-12-15T23:28:02.128-05:002014-12-15T23:28:02.128-05:00W.H.O make laws>W.H.O invent and sell the circu...W.H.O make laws>W.H.O invent and sell the circumcision devices(*kaching*)>'Doctors' mutilate>Sell foreskins (*kaching*)>Psychological damage>Pharmaceutical companies sell drugs (*Kaching*)>Forskins used in beauty creams(*Kaching*)>Stem cell research (*kaching*)>Lots of debate tires everyone out>Side order of religious outrage>Debaters visit starbucks to stay Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-39067725087096679912014-09-17T07:01:40.361-04:002014-09-17T07:01:40.361-04:00Oftentimes, I get something caught in my eye, like...Oftentimes, I get something caught in my eye, like a bit of sand or a piece of grit. To prevent this terrible, if momentary discomfort, I've decided to surgically remove my eyelids. I think my eyeballs should be much easier to keep clean, if I have no eyelids covering my eyeballs. I also think it'll make my eyes look bigger, and we all know that ladies prefer men with "large eyes&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-1625719326204180982014-07-26T09:34:33.472-04:002014-07-26T09:34:33.472-04:00There are many, many women who strongly disagree w...There are many, many women who strongly disagree with genital cutting, but they alllow it for the sake of their marriage. At least until we come to our senses and outlaw this practice.<br />The thought of any baby going through that makes me physically ill, but I don't blame the mother. Maybe she just didn't want to get divorced, so knew it was going to happen anyway, so allowed this Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-57640335983843007502014-06-03T15:02:16.279-04:002014-06-03T15:02:16.279-04:00It's disgusting that such an obviously unethic...It's disgusting that such an obviously unethical study would be so valuable in arguing in against infant and childhood circumcision. According to these people it's not unethical to perform a circumcision but it's unethical to document it. This reminds me of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Stanford Experiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-36570386156553956792013-10-12T20:27:55.975-04:002013-10-12T20:27:55.975-04:00I think the Primal Wound (too early separation fro...I think the Primal Wound (too early separation from birth mom, esp for newborns) does the same thing. Any big trauma...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-10532481832455693472013-09-24T01:19:44.748-04:002013-09-24T01:19:44.748-04:00"I would encourage anyone with access to fMRI..."I would encourage anyone with access to fMRI and /or PET scanning machines to repeat our research as described above, confirm our results, and then publish the results in the open literature."<br /><br />So you want someone else to do what you are afraid to do, so that they can bear the brunt of any legal consequences? I am skeptical of these legal consequences anyway. Please do whatJohnnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-33573027576269927822013-08-22T21:53:36.888-04:002013-08-22T21:53:36.888-04:00This is, in my opinion, proof that humanity suffer...This is, in my opinion, proof that humanity suffers from a form of "rationalized insanity." I'm heartsick at the thought of even one more infant suffering until this barbaric practise is outlawed entirely. And who knows when that will come to pass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377374905988051851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-22132168856203117172013-08-15T20:53:35.402-04:002013-08-15T20:53:35.402-04:00LEGALLY, in reality, the decision to not circumcis...LEGALLY, in reality, the decision to not circumcise must be unanimous assuming the parents are married; LEGALLY, "in most states, circumcision requires signed consent from only one parent."<br /><br />http://www.noharmm.org/knowrights.htm<br /><br />That you simply birthed the baby does not strip a father of his rights or grant you legal superiority. Please, understand this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56984304490446819822013-06-21T14:50:41.015-04:002013-06-21T14:50:41.015-04:00Cleaning the female genitalia is very obviously mo...Cleaning the female genitalia is very obviously more complicated than cleaning the male, foreskin or none - but we do just fine, don't we? It's just not that difficult. We'd be aghast at anyone who said that the labia would need to be cut to simplify hygiene, whether they were well-meaning or not.<br /><br />In any case, the foreskin doesn't retract fully until later childhood, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-55268937572599907962013-05-13T16:44:23.751-04:002013-05-13T16:44:23.751-04:00Does anyone know how I can contact Dr. Tinari?
I&...Does anyone know how I can contact Dr. Tinari?<br /><br />I'm very curious as to whether one can use MRI scans on ADULTS to detect, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, whether that adult was cut or not as a baby. This would be a very important, powerful, and influential result.<br /><br />I suspect that this may not be the case... not because circumcision doesn't cause trauma, but midnightcarouselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02307993522517392666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-53748194291985770622013-05-06T13:47:31.415-04:002013-05-06T13:47:31.415-04:00Just from limited reading, when THEY pull it back,...Just from limited reading, when THEY pull it back, it is time because they will stop when it hurts. As if someone else pulls it back, they cannot feel if it is too painful..Anthony Peasleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-66748981015151010772013-05-06T13:01:47.349-04:002013-05-06T13:01:47.349-04:00Assuming it is true, shouldn't the stifling of...Assuming it is true, shouldn't the stifling of information piss you off? Shouldn't the idea that more studies on this aren't done, piss you off?<br /><br />YES, the results might harbor SOME beneficial results in FAVOR of circumcision. But the fact that studies aren't being done should raise some red flags, and is enough to make me go TO HELL WITH THAT, if I have a baby and he Anthony Peasleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-13908666145963122622013-05-06T12:29:45.611-04:002013-05-06T12:29:45.611-04:00But what does a father do if the mother wants them...But what does a father do if the mother wants them circumsized?<br /><br />As a male, I think I would go apeshit, the resentment might be SO bad that divorce would liable to happen as a result...Anthony Peasleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-26474393018101070902013-03-29T23:36:29.664-04:002013-03-29T23:36:29.664-04:00I work as a CNA at a nursing home where I've h...I work as a CNA at a nursing home where I've had to clean my fair share of adult male members and I can tell you that your husbands argument is ridiculous. All you have to do differently is gently pull the foreskin back. Not rocket science and not difficult. There are no weird acrobatics that need to be done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56805649194840616462013-03-21T06:36:06.083-04:002013-03-21T06:36:06.083-04:00What lousy argument your man has. It isn't mor...What lousy argument your man has. It isn't more difficult to keep clean at all - in fact, I'd probably say that it would be more difficult to keep it clean without the foreskin, because some argue that it offers a natural protection.<br />Franz Holtzhäuserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516070246513838626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-42442805971168421072013-01-10T02:05:54.223-05:002013-01-10T02:05:54.223-05:00Anon - The majority of babies circumcised in the U...Anon - The majority of babies circumcised in the U.S. (between 30-50%) and Canada (about 10%) do not receive anesthesia. Or, if they do, they are only given a topical ointment that does not block the dorsal nerve or allow for enough time to numb even the surface skin. The way this study was done is standard in North American hospitals and clinics. <br /><br />Regarding the Plastibell - 'Maggiehttp://www.drmomma.org/2010/05/i-circumcised-my-son-healing-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-45005263163230699832013-01-09T23:52:50.198-05:002013-01-09T23:52:50.198-05:00I have a son who is 2 1/2 yrs old. he was circumci...I have a son who is 2 1/2 yrs old. he was circumcised at three weeks of age using the plastibell method. He slept through the entire procedure and was still asleep when they brought him out to me once it was complete (time taken approx 10 mins). I used a numbing cream on his penis before the procedure as required. I know that they held him down by holding him in case he moved during the procedureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56715954151091367032012-12-13T06:46:16.308-05:002012-12-13T06:46:16.308-05:00"any attempt to study the adverse effects of ..."any attempt to study the adverse effects of circumcision was strictly prohibited by the ethical regulations"<br /><br />Whose ethical regulations? The hospital's? The country's? Why?Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305974455384425337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-57542971943947294092012-10-06T06:33:48.991-04:002012-10-06T06:33:48.991-04:00I don't think that these two procedures are si...I don't think that these two procedures are similar at all. Firstly, vaccinations are series of shots which are given intramuscular. The circumcision is a procedure that cuts off the foreskin of a male's penis with a knife. Frankly, I cannot see a similarity at all. As anyone who has cut oneself badly know who painful that can be. Imagine that happening on the most sensitive part of your JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814114702506673017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-9313262769798917772012-10-05T19:26:08.657-04:002012-10-05T19:26:08.657-04:00I tried to skim the comments to see if my question...I tried to skim the comments to see if my question was asked, but there are quite a few, so forgive me if this is not new. <br />In the article Dr. Tinari states the following: "Follow up tests on the infant one day, one week and one month after the surgery indicated that the child's brain never returned to its baseline configuration. In other words, the evidence generated by this JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814114702506673017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-16795762668917113052012-08-28T10:02:07.403-04:002012-08-28T10:02:07.403-04:00If a child's brain is changed by having a circ...If a child's brain is changed by having a circumcision, what about having there shots later when they are a little bigger. That requires being held down and having needles jammed in there legs. What if that also changed there brains?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-62721677129922069972012-08-28T09:46:32.361-04:002012-08-28T09:46:32.361-04:00If there was a change in the child's brain pat...If there was a change in the child's brain pattern from a circumcision, what makes you think that something else like getting shots or other tramatic event's a little later in the child's life wont do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com