Jesus Is Borg The Truth Shall Set You Free.

On Wednesday March 5th 2003, the Trinidad Express ran a full page story on page 28 entitled “Stop Female Circumcision.” The focus of the article was the effort being made in Senegal to eradicate the practice of mutilating female children.

In my opinion this story was the most worthwhile story in the paper that day. I totally agree that this brutal and foolish practice must come to an end. However, I have one problem with the story. It seemed strange to me that on that entire page it is never once mentioned that sexual mutilation is also committed against male children as well. In fact male circumcision is many times more common and is just as much a problem in developed countries as poorer ones.
The Encyclopedia Britannica in editions up to 1928 contains the following: "Even more vile, as being practiced by a civilized European nation, was the Italian practice of castrating boys to prevent the natural development of the voice, in order to train them as adult soprano singers, such as might formerly be found in the Sistine Chapel. Though such mutilation is a crime punishable with severity, the supply of soprani never failed as long as these musical powers were in demand in high quarters. Driven long ago from the Italian stage by public opinion they remained the musical glory and the moral shame of the papal choir till the accession of Pope Leo XII, one of whose first acts was to get rid of them."
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no valid medical reason for male circumcision. In fact there are even documented cases of children dying from complications after this brutal and useless operation which is often done without anesthesia. Click here for more information.