You seem to be well versed in circumscion, for whatever reason-- But I think we can just agree to disagree. A member of my family who was born overseas and was not circumsized, had to become circumsized at age 40 because of an unknown infection that had developed over the course of many years. The doctors said it was circumscion, castration or death. He chose the former obviously.
Circumscion does have medical benefits ( we can disagree as to the degree of these benefits) and has been known to reduce the risk of contracting STD's and other infections in the reigon regarding hygine.
Beyond that, 99 times out of 100 a circumszied child is a new born, or is a little older ( jews do it differently i think) and there is no damage done to the penis whatsoever. The male doesn't really lose his ability to feel sexual simulation when he gets older by any tangiable scale. (cmon dude, if this were the case lawsuits gallore, all hell would break lose and no father would allow his son to be circumsized--- as far as preventing std's, I hate condoms with a passion and I dont wear them-- to this day ( knock on wood) I haven't had any problems)
As far as japs having a longer life expectancy, I think you can figure that one out for yourself. Americans are fat, lazy,dont take care of themselves, smoke, drink and do drugs at a much higher rate than the japanses Im sure, and eat a much unhealthier diet than the japanese.
Regarding your capital punishment argument you lost me completely. You say capital punishment should be allowed under some circumstances, but that 3 or 4 members of the victims family shouldnt be allowed to watch? If thats your biggest objection, I don't think its a very strong one. Would you not object if the criminal were executed in the dark with no one looking?
In the middle east executions are like carnival events where people tune in for their daily does of sadistic blood lust with their family members the way Americans tune in with mom and dad for NBC's Tgif lineup. In Europe it's almost impossible to get executed, so I cant really compare. Who else does it as humanely as we do? China? Yeah right. Russia? Definetly not.
Im not saying our system is perfect, but it's a far cry from barbaric-- especially in comparison to the rest of the world that has capital punishment in their legal codes.