Cut v uncut

The UN is recommending mass circumcision of men in the battle to fight AIDS after studies in Africa indicated that circumcised males are 60% less likely to contract HIV than those who are not.

Now for the humour:

1. The Guardian linked to above notes that "circumcision is a sensitive issue". Snigger, snigger.
2. The same article includes a handy dandy section at the bottom laying out the history of the ritual procedure. This states that "in the 1800s removal of the foreskin became widespread in Britain and the US to prevent boys masturbating". As someone who was at one time an adolescent male I can state unequivocally that this was remarkably ineffective.