What does this have to do with Jewism? Or what I was talking about?

Wow, that's a pretty awesome reason to perform unnecessary surgery on a baby.

i'm pretty sure it's a cleanliness thing. i don't want to go into gross details but let's just say i've heard things are less than pleasant for the children of people who opt out.

it's also not exclusively Jewish, all modern Abrahamic religions do it as well.

Ouch dude!

Um, I'm not circumcised (and I'm pretty sure most European men aren't) and I have no idea what you're talking about. Do you people not wash?

damn, for some reason i thought it was more prevalent than that. strange.

How did I know before I even peeked inside this thread that this discussion would wind its self down to the proper care and hygiene of a penis?

Opinions are mixed on circumcisions, there is a link to uncircumcised men and some sort of cancer, pardon my ignorance\bad memory, Lucifer Sam is right there is a higher risk of infection in uncircumcised men.

When my son was born we we're told it was our choice and it sort of laid out the details, when my grandson was born his parents were told they should have it done.

Long and short from what I gather

It's not essential, but it doesn't hurt (pardon the expression) to have it done.

Not a bad idea though...

Removing any form of non-harmful flesh from a child against it's will is mutilation and anyone who has their child circumcised should be jailed.