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Earthquake off Northern California

Posted by timothy on from the news-to-shake-you-up dept.

merger writes "A 7.0 earthquake (7.4 according to NOAA) occured off of the northern California coast occured at 7:50 p.m. PST triggering a tsunami warning (which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin). While searching Google News for information I learned about an earthquake preparedness study for the area which was just published today."

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  1. Re:Offtopic response to sig by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    The objection is to unnecessary circumcision, not those that are needed. Circumcision is the only prophylactic surgery that's not regarded as medically unethical. Are we to cut off every body part that's not immediately useful on the off-chance it might become diseased? How about automatic mastectomies for all post-menopausal women? It'll prevent lots of breast cancers. No?

    Fact is, routine circumcision was instituted for a completely spurious reason, and one that most people would not now even consider desirable. (It was believed to reduce masturbation. The opposite is in fact true.) Modern rationalization for continuing the practice are different, but the only reason they exist is because there's this huge population of mutilated men to study. No doubt if for some reason female circumcision were to become common you could find plenty of justification for continuing it long after whatever initial stupid reason you had for doing it in the first place fell out of favor.

    The US is the only industrialized nation where routine circumcisions are performed at birth. It is a surgery, and there are risks associated, especially when they're performed by doctors. (Jewish mohels are typically better at it, with lower complication rates and less pain to the recipient.) The benefits, such as they are, simply do not justify the risks or the undesirable side effects.

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  2. Re:MJ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What retard modded this as informative? Funny, maybe, but INFORMATIVE?

    Wow.

  3. Re:MJ! by Mycroft_VIII · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well YOU got the funny mod at least. However he's up to +3 Insightfull now.

    Mycroft

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  4. Re:MJ! by xtracto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OMFG! INSIGTHFUL?? lmao hahaahah
    MOD PARENT'S MODERATOR +5 FUNNY

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  5. Re:You're an idiot for not knowing CAPE. by thedogcow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks. Single?

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  6. Re:Offtopic response to sig by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I am aware of a young boy who developed a what could have been a life threatening infection due to the parents' failure to have circumcision performed.
    No you aren't. You're aware of a little boy [who|whose parents] didn't wash "under the farmer's hat".
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