Interestingly, it seems we CAN argue circumstances, just as long as we don’t question the OP question itself…
Answer: IMO, No. An inconvenience, rather. But this answer is worthless as a datapoint of support for any side of the debate about the procedure itself.
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I always thought when women talked about getting their ears reholed or repunched that meant the holes healed completely. In any case, would you swap an unblemished ear for your foreskin 
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Not a chance. The small, barely noticeable hole in my ear isn’t a problem. I’d miss my foreskin terribly.
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You should take a look at the stats on botched circumcisions. There are babies that die and others that suffer pain permantly. There were some boys that had such botched circumcision that doctors advised the parents to give the baby hormones and try to raise it as a girl.
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Hence my qualifier, “significant risk”. Look, no surgical procedure, however minor, is completely without risk; I’m quite sure people have died from ear piercings that went septic, even. But what percentage of circumcisions go horribly wrong? Small enough, I think, that the risk is not significant. (To me, anyway.)
I mean, don’t get me wrong; I’m not circumcised and have no desire to be, I think it’s a pointless procedure on any practical grounds. But I don’t see any particular point in scaremongering over it, either. Does circumcision kill or injure as many people per year as, say, skiing (another procedure I consider pretty much pointless)?
[QUOTE=Steve Wright]
Hence my qualifier, “significant risk”. Look, no surgical procedure, however minor, is completely without risk; I’m quite sure people have died from ear piercings that went septic, even. But what percentage of circumcisions go horribly wrong? Small enough, I think, that the risk is not significant. (To me, anyway.)
I mean, don’t get me wrong; I’m not circumcised and have no desire to be, I think it’s a pointless procedure on any practical grounds. But I don’t see any particular point in scaremongering over it, either. Does circumcision kill or injure as many people per year as, say, skiing (another procedure I consider pretty much pointless)?
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I do not think it is ‘scaremongering’ to tell people to actually consider the risks of circumcision ( which the parents do not do).