I did read somewhere that some jews competing in games tried to hide their circumcision(perphaps by pulling/stretching the foreskin), and the jewish authorities response was a not so subtle form of circumcision, so there was no easy way to hide it.
And for the record, as far as I know, castration, does not involve the removal of the beef bayonet, just the Testies!
It's easy to be freaked by religious practices that seem bizarre to us, but you have to try and respect their beliefs, as to the jews and from christian understanding it reads as a command from God. In the old testament God was going to kill Moses for not circumcising his children. But in the new testament Paul does call the jews(in Gods authority)wanting to circumcise the new non jewish converts, as "those mutilators of the flesh".
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