Uhm.. no.

Hey everyone, look what the news is all about! In Africa they’ve conducted a study that says circumcision is good for everyone! Yay! Hurray for dick-snipping!

And now, before you go cut off your equivalent of the clitoris. Think about it for two bloody seconds! For circumcision to help you from getting infected with HIV, these four factors need to apply:
1. You’re having sex with an HIV infected person
2. You’re a fucking idiot and fuck strangers without wearing a condom
3. You never ever clean yourself
4. You’re part of the lucky 50%

Yes I do mean 50%, not 60% like the BBC link says. Here’s why:
“The trial in Kenya, involving nearly 2,800 participants, found that the circumcised men were 53 percent less likely to contract HIV. The Ugandan study, with nearly 5,000 men, showed a 48 percent reduction.” -Boston.com
(53 + 48 / 2 = An average of 50,5)

The foreskin is only a health-threat to you if you never ever clean your dick - like if you don’t have access to a shower… Kind of like in FUCKING AFRICA and very unlike USA where now people want to circumcise every living man to prevent AIDS. Jebus fucking christ this study pisses me off so bad! I mean not the study itself, but what the reaction to it is. Now AIDS relief agencies are thinking about spending billions of dollars to circumcise Africans instead of doing the condom thing. This is a horrible development but it’s easy to understand why they’re considering it: Africans doesn’t even want condoms. Their holy leader has told them using condoms is a sin (even though that might change a little bit). Can’t they teach Africans to clean themselves instead? Also, isn’t that strange how Africans see condoms as a sin but promiscuous-fucking isn’t?

Is it really sane to mutilate people because it might (50% of the time) reduce the risk of getting infected with HIV? When do you ever in medical situations do that? In a life or death situation maybe, but never in a situation when you’re not even infected yet and it’s just something to prevent a possible infection in the future. Think of it like cutting out your tongue just because it might help you reduce the risk of getting cancer.

Jebus fucking christ.

Btw: Here’s a little sample of Penn & Teller: Bullshit 3×01 - Circumcision. I highly recommend everyone watch the full episode. Which is available on DVD and on p2p networks.