Angela Merkel intervenes over court ban on circumcision of young boys (in Germany)

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64. Oh yes, this argument...

I gotta love it when people start with a hypothesis and then work backwards to pick evidence that supports it. In this case, "circumcision is good!" followed by cherry-picked statistics to back it up.

79% of men in the United States are circumcised. adult HIV prevalence is 0.60%

On the other hand, just around 10% of men in Mexico are circumcisedl the HIV prevalence of Mexico is 0.30%

Over in Egypt, over 80% of men are circumcised; HIV prevalence in Egypt is 0.10%

In Mongolia, less than 20% of men are circumcised, and the HIV prevalence is 0.10%

In Ethiopia, 76% of men are circumcised, but the HIV prevalence is 2.10%

In Finland, fewer than 20% of men are circumcised, with an HIV prevalence of 0.03%

In Russia, fewer than 20% of men are circumcised, with an HIV prevalence of 0.30%

I'm tempted to point out correlation does not equal causation... but there's not even any fucking correlation, Bonobo.