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Astrophile
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Message 134 of 357 (829989)
03-19-2018 7:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 98 by ringo
03-14-2018 3:20 PM

ringo writes:
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Sure it does. The child wouldn't even know anything happened if nobody told him.
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The child may notice that he is different from other boys and men whom he sees in public lavatories, or in his school lavatory.
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Astrophile
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03-19-2018 7:38 PM 		Reply to: Message 113 by ringo
03-16-2018 11:50 AM

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The Nazis did make being Jewish illegal for all intents and purposes. If you make enough practices illegal, it becomes impossible to function.
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If Jews weren't circumcised, would it make any difference to the practice of their religion? Would it make being Jewish impossible if the Jews took to delaying the operation until the boy or man was of an age to decide for himself whether he wanted to be circumcised?
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Astrophile
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03-27-2018 7:19 PM 		Reply to: Message 139 by ringo
03-20-2018 12:11 PM

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I'm sixty-five years old and I've never noticed the difference in anybody. The only reason I know two of my brothers were circumcised is because mom said so. I don't know if I could pick a circumcised penis out of a lineup.
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That's odd, because I noticed the difference when I was at primary school. Also, if you google 'circumcised and uncircumcised penis' and look at the images you will see that there are obvious differences.
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Message 172 of 357 (830368)
03-27-2018 7:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 140 by ringo
03-20-2018 12:13 PM

ringo writes:
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That's for them to decide.
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Yes, I agree. Perhaps some of them would like to contribute to this discussion.
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Astrophile
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03-29-2018 1:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 175 by ringo
03-28-2018 3:27 PM

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Maybe it's because I'm old-school but in my experience, men don't look. Men don't even make eye contact in a public washroom.
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Again, I agree that generally men don't look. However, small boys may be less inhibited.
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