Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Making light of thingies./reply (4)

1. Indeed, that's the context is important. But I think it's a more general observation. PZ blasting someone for being a dick is one thing, someone going out and actively defending their position that male circumcision Isn't A Big Deal So Get The Fuck Over It is something else.

2. Studies are studies. Assessing them is the hard part.

3. Actually, there's a serious point, related to no.2, in there about weighing up the pros and cons of a medical treatment. Lobbing bits off you to help prevent illness is a balancing act between how well it prevents that illness, and how big the bit is.