Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Quick question for you.../reply (2)

Well, except the for very small children in the first case, not really. There is definitely strong evidence that circumcision reduces those things, though.

But keep in mind, people often do stupid things, and also in many parts of the world people wouldn't have access to some of those things- so circumcision would still be the correct choice. Pretend it's your child: If it's likely that they will have do something stupid/have unprotected sex at some point in their life, is it better to have to say "Haha, you have HIV or an STD because you were stupid! You should have listened to meeee!" or "Good thing that you didn't get infected because I figured you would do something retarded like that and took precautions!" To go back to vaccines, I'm sure it's perfectly possible to avoid, say, whooping cough by wearing a surgical mask your entire life. Does this mean that we should have everyone wear masks all the time because we didn't want to get them vaccinated? Likewise, should we hope against hope that people everywhere will suddenly magically practice perfect hygiene and safe sex, or deal with things as they stand now?