Comments on: AT THE CUTTING EDGE

By: 3rdtime

3rdtime — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

HIV & circumcision. I do not beleive that circumcision is a cure to lessen the spread or contraction of HIV. I beleive that it should be a choice made by the individual, not a mass or cultural decision where boys or men have no say in what is done to them. This must surely be in conflict with human rights too.
Do the research propperly and you will more than likely find that there are other, more significant, resons for lesser HIV infections in cut men.

By: mario.za

mario.za — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to 3rdtime. to cut or not to cut. I can't speak for the safeness against HIV and being cut as I'm not a medical expert. However, from a hygienic point of view cut is so much better, and yes....a cut man lasts longer!

By: jesus das asun??es

jesus das asun??es — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

it's a cop-out. mass circumcision is entirely a cop-out which, at the end of the day really doesn't do anything to slow or stop prevention.

take brazil for the example -- the only people there who are circumcised are jews, muslims, and angolan immigrants. that's it. yet the transmission rate and overall infection rate is quite low.

the reason? PEOPLE CONDOMISE. "we are beautiful, and HIV will mess up our sexy" is basically the sum total of the brazilian anti-aids campaign. and do you know what? it works.

at the end of the day, people who refuse to condomise don't care enough about themselves or the random people they're having sex with as to whether or not they get it.

that said, there's not that much eye candy here, maybe that's why they don't care -- if everyone has such low self-esteem, then why bother, right? however, circumcision is not meant to be some kind of condom cop-out that they're trying to make it to be.

By: Light up my day

Light up my day — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to jesus das asun??es. Thanks. Thank you for your words I must say people are so stupid in the sense that to be cut HIV will have no effect on you. PLEASE , PLEASE people who read this lets help our gay people and community comdomise is the answer!!!!!! We can not have sex and be sexy and everything that goes with it if we are not practising safe sex.

Yes to be cut is clean and higiene but to be cut does not prevent HIV

To evrybody out there comdomise and stand together and rather try and help to get a real cure for HIV.

LOTS of LOVE to evryone, Big FAG HUG

By: Lucky

Lucky — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gimme a break.... First of all, im cut, and perfectly happy with that..
But the fact that a discussion, is even taking place about, how for some unexplained reason being cut, seems to reduce chance of infection...
HELLO..........
Has everyone gone completely fucking mad.
The world is filled with primiscous MORONS, too stupid/unwilling/or down right "well stupid" (is the only word that comes to mind).. to practice safe sex
I mean, have you not noticed how many infants are being raped, to cure HIV..like there is any possible way such an unspeakable act, could achieve such thing. (is this not a clear sign that people are not even intelligent enough to even have a sense of Humanity)
So what have people decided to do, lets not try encourage people to Cover up, lets just cut a little bit of skin off, that my friends.. will perhaps lower the rate of infection in the beginning..
but in the long term, I gurantee, that the Idiots that I call my brothers in this world.. will use it as an incentive, to be as careless as ever..
You either need, real preventative measures, or you need a cure...

I am afraid, though I love this world, and I have been fortunate enough to still be negative, even though I too have made the mistake of putting myself at risk once.. unprotected sex with an HIV positive man ( the bastard never told me, and I was so drunk it didnt matter)
But I have lttle faith in men changing their ways, fortunatly, surprisingly enough, I happen to have more faith in Gay men, why? because we have to overcome so many obstacles in our lives, to survive, to live free, and to do our best to live long and happy. That is why,I know we can learn to protect ourselves and others from this disease...

So perhaps I should be more accepting of this apparant, Circumcision Preventative measure... But I have always had very little faith in low odds such as this.. a 50-50 chance just isnt enough to let me put my life on the line..

By: stafresh

stafresh — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

????. well in my opinion,what a load of bollocks!!
A decision to carry out an idea like this,would be disastrous…but hey,,,,,let them think,if my foreskin is off,well no possible HIV infection….,but then again,with a bunch of dimwits,like a very prominent South African politician…..fuck the condom’s……take a shower……circumcision will make no difference whatsoever,except speed up the spread of HIV!!

By: 123

123 — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to 3rdtime. I agree. Circumcision should be and in my view is a personal choice and should not become a control messure imposed by government or even a dicision parents make for their new borns. If certain religions require it to be that way GREAT, but for the rest of us: It is every man's right to have a foreskin and the choice to have it removed should be his and his alone.

I am convinced that if circumcised men were given the choice to grow into their foreskin and were asked at the age of 16 or 17 whether they would like to have it removed, the answer in a great majority would be NO!

By: joburgboy

joburgboy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to mario.za. Yeah, but a cut one is soooo ugly!