(June 11, 2016 at 12:59 am)Maelstrom Wrote: Yet it always surprises me how many men must endure the memorable pain of being circumcised when they are adults. Imagine if their parents had cut the skin off for them when they were infants and were unable to retain the memory of the pain such a minor procedure caused.
Imagine.
1) Getting circumcized as an adult is a rare occurence. Having your tonsils removed or your appendix removed is a somewhat painful procedure too, but that doesn't mean we should be pre-emptively removing these things from newborns.
2) You can use an anesthetic for the procedure as an adult.