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In reply to the discussion: Studies showing "benefits of circumcision" highly flawed [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)Your argument about relative and absolute is bullshit.
if there had been zero cases in the circumcised group, the reduction would be only 2.49% or whatever. You'd be saying it was a failure with only 2.49%. Like you're saying 1.18% is a failure.
But relatively, that would be 100% less cases.
And that is why your argument is bullshit.
(That is what is called "an example." There are A LOT of things quoted relatively. Crime statistics are always relative from one year to the next, disease numbers one year to the next, or comparisons one decade to the next. It just shows your lack of understanding, or intellectual dishonesty. You decide.)
Whether he cites anything isn't the point. The point is is that he, and you, don't understand what you're reading and what they're saying.