Talking Tebow
Former Florida QB Circumcises Kids in the Philippines
Well, one could not watch a Florida Gators game over the last several years without the announcers verbally going down on Tebow. I know he writes bible verses on his eye black, but we know that doesn't prove anything. Well, it might prove that he's a bit annoying. But, by most accounts, he's a good guy. So a while back I figured I'd search around and see just what this kid has been up to.
It's been mentioned many times on TV that he's been on some missions to the Philippines. Was he taking on dangerous terrorist cells? Was he retrieving a lost idol from a booby-trapped cave? Did he team up with Ving Rhames and Tom Cruise? No, it turns out that they don't get along. But, I didn't know the Philippines were that dangerous.
It turns out that a mission is not really what I thought it was. This kind of mission locates desperate people in impoverished conditions and... Gives them food? Teaches them how to run a business? Educates them about science and technology? No. This particular mission, and he chose to accept it, was to cut kids' foreskin off of their penis. Is that really their most pressing medical need to date? Too much foreskin? Really? Not hunger or other results of inescapable poverty? But it turns out that not only do they remove the foreskin, but they also inscribe inspirational messages and bible citations while they're down there. Some lucky kids got "Job", but other poor kids got "Thessalonians".
All of these TV announcers went on and on about how great Tim Tebow is, because he gave kids circumcisions. And not one of them stopped to ask the question "Why?".
"The first time, it was nerve-racking," said Tebow. "Hands were shaking a little bit. I mean, I'm cutting somebody. You can't do those kinds of things in the United States. But those people really needed the surgeries. We needed to help them."
Why did they NEED the surgeries? I am pretty sure the latest studies have concluded that there's little to no medical benefit to be gained by circumcision. And that's in a nation with trained physicians and Lysol. There's a good reason that he's not allowed to do circumcisions in the U.S. He doesn't have the proper license, and more importantly, he might not be able to see through his tears.
I guess if you come up on an unfortunate group, they'll actually listen because you might be bringing them some useful stuff. Stand on a street corner in Manhattan and offer free circumcisions by untrained physicians, and you're likely to get part of your own penis ripped off.
Source: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/15/tebow-helps-circumcise-impoverished-children-phili/
Published by Eric Hetvile
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3 Comments
Post a CommentI can understand that the other article might have been written by a disgruntled Tennessee fan, but does that change the fact that he was circumsizing kids? And more importantly, WHY was he circumsizing kids?
Wow, I believe you have a critique. Anyways, that was very interesting, I think I may look into that more. I wouldn't put it pass someone in the US going to other countries drastically trying to prove themselves worthy of popularity.
This article plays fast and loose with the facts as does the one listed as a source. It seems that in researching an article a writer would want to closely examine the sources motivations. The source listed is a Tennessee Volunteer apologist. Further research reveals that the source is very selectively "quoting" a much edited piece written by someone else.