The foreskin is there for a reason. Like Alcar mentioned, you loose a lot of sensitivity. Circumcision was created by some religous nuts who wanted to prevent their children from masturbating. Less sensitivity means you become less likely to be aroused, so they hoped it would eliminate masturbation. It didn't really work out that way...
The only arguement for getting this done is that you will be less likely to encounter a urinary tract infection, but that is rare and easily treatable.
So why in the hell are we still doing it? Because it costs around $200 for the procedure. That's right, US hospitals make 400 million dollars a year off of circumcision alone.
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