Finally, a news piece that most Muslims and Jews can smile about. As it turns out, circumcised men are half as likely to contract the AIDS virus from heterosexual sex. However, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) official Dr. Kevin M. De Cock, circumcision is "not a magic bullet, but a potentially important prevention". Clearly he wasn't that impressed at the notion of surgery on his surnamesake. Another interesting quote from the article about the benefits of circumcision was said by HIV specialist Daniel Halperin,"It prevents S.T.D.'s, it's seen as cleaner, sex is better, women like it. I predict that a lot of men who can't afford private clinics will start clamoring for it". Thaaaaaat's right. Yet, there are still those circumcised men out there who wants to decircumcise. There's even an organisation dedicated towards their cause called The National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM). Most of these men claim that since it's part of their body, then they deserve to have a say in whether they should be circumcised or not. I say, without your parents, you wouldn't even have your body to begin with. Among the devices availabe to be used for restoration, which NORM's website claim to be "low cost, non-commercial devices", are Baby Bottle Nipple, "Musical" devices, "Tug Ahoy", et cetera. I can't go on without cringing myself to full "restoration", so I might as well stop here.
On a more somber note, two people who have made our world a much happier place to live have died in the past week. On 13 December, Peter Boyle, better known as Frank Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond, died at age 71. Today, Joseph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera Studios, passed away at 95. Both of them have entertained and made many of us laugh plenty of times. Rest in peace fellas. That's all for now folks.
Godspeed,
Fadli
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