Originally Posted by tore

There's a case in the news just now in Norway about circumcision. A two weeks old boy just died from medical complications caused by his circumcision a couple of days after the procedure. I did a google search and was able to find several similar cases where babies have died after circumcision. That people would have this done to their kids based on myths or other completely trivial reasons (vague feelings of tradition) seems even more bizzare to me now.