Re: deaths in traditional circumcision of adolescent boys in South
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Fri, 29 May 2009 14:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
On May 29, 6:40?pm, n...@webtv.net (Rec Room) wrote:
> Peter Brooks wrote:
> >It is, however, clearly true that one of the
> > ways in which circumcision prevents a
> > normal sex life is indeed its effect on
> > masturbation.
>
> Surely you're referring to any psychological side-effects of
> circumcision perf ...
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Re: deaths in traditional circumcision of adolescent boys in South
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Fri, 29 May 2009 11:40:25 -0500
Peter Brooks wrote:
>It is, however, clearly true that one of the
> ways in which circumcision prevents a
> normal sex life is indeed its effect on
> masturbation.
Surely you're referring to any psychological side-effects of
circumcision performed later in life (or sloppy physical results of
non-medical ...
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deaths in traditional circumcision of adolescent boys in South Africa
Thu, 28 May 2009 15:00:34 -0700 (PDT)
see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8071521.stm ...
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Different moral brains in liberals and conservatives?
Thu, 28 May 2009 01:25:28 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
May 28, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Would You Slap Your Father? If So, You?re a Liberal
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
If you want to tell whether someone is conservative or liberal, what
are a couple of completely nonpolitical questions that will give a
good clue?
How?s this: Would you be willing to slap your father ...
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Oxford professor of poetry
Wed, 27 May 2009 02:22:29 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
May 27, 2009
Editorial
Poetic Machinations
It has been hard to watch the election of the Oxford professor of
poetry with anything but dismay. The distinguished poet Derek Walcott
withdrew from consideration after a nasty campaign, which reminded
voters of past allegations that he had sexually harassed s ...
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Detergents possibly a cause of asthma?
Tue, 26 May 2009 15:32:27 -0700 (PDT)
Eczema's link to asthma
Breathe easy
May 21st 2009
From The Economist print edition
Researchers discover how a skin disease may trigger a lung complaint
ONE of the prices humanity seems to pay for getting richer is the rise
of asthma. This life-threatening, allergy-driven lung disease is
common in wealt ...
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HIV & moderation
Tue, 26 May 2009 06:33:24 -0700 (PDT)
What is it about the HIV epidemic that leads to such sensible,
pragmatic and humane 'solutions'?
We've had the beetroot 'cures', shower 'cures', circumcision 'cures'
but now:
Swaziland has weighed in with an even more inventive Public Health
measure - to brand the buttocks of those infected with HIV.
AIDS ...
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Photographs of American torture
Sun, 24 May 2009 09:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
May 24, 2009
Op-Ed Contributor
The Abu Ghraib We Cannot See
By PHILIP GOUREVITCH
IN mid-October of 2003, Specialist Sabrina Harman of the 372nd
Military Police Company was assigned guard duty on the military
intelligence cellblock at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. That was
the block where prisoners o ...
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Hunger and malnutrition
Sun, 24 May 2009 08:59:43 -0700 (PDT)
NYT
May 24, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
The Hidden Hunger
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau
The most heartbreaking thing about starving children is their
equanimity.
They don?t cry. They don?t smile. They don?t move. They don?t show a
flicker of fear, pain or interest. Tiny, wizened zombies, they sh ...
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Animal morality
Sun, 24 May 2009 02:21:33 -0700 (PDT)
This is an interesting article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5373379/Animals-can-tell-right-from-wrong.html
It does make sense that morality wouldn't just evolve for us. ...
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