kristoff wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:49 am There will be no such manual posted here, ever. We do not accept liability for people doing stupid things, and we will not facilitate those stupid things.
So there you go! One has to defer to Mother Superior!
There is a lot of help and advice for those who want to take drugs for chemical castration, in spite of all the associated health risks and even death associated with thrombosis, heart failure, Liver failure etc, just a bit less bloody, I guess.
What is the difference between a pill and a scalpel if the outcome is the same? Both have Very High Risks associated with them. The only difference is that the pill path is less in your face, and a heart attack is just another patient in the morgue rather than an a blood filled sack in the reception area.
I can appreciate the liability issue. There is of course more stigma attached to a bloody mess than a purple haze. But in essence the two are the same.
The determined will just go on anyway. Just do a search for 'DIY Castration', there are quite a few in England! Maybe we have more balls than the rest of the world!
However, I don't think stupid is the right word Kristoff, desperate but not stupid. If desperate people had more information,they would make better choices, instead of going up to the bathroom and hacking their nuts off!
If they had the right information and continued to hack them off over the germ infested toilet, then that is stupid.
This is a very real issue and food for thought, it will not go away.
The good news is that if you Google enough you can find out exactly how you should go about it, with minimal risk.
Because the risk is so high, research compels me to create a knowledgebase to make an informed decision. I may or may not go through with it. But I will be confident that I can do it if I want to.
So in conclusion, don't just hack them off and keep a pile of books ready for the hospital stay, research like any other proposition and then do the job properly.
This is a really great place to discuss all these issues and there is a huge amount of heart and compassion here from some really great people. That does not mean I have to agree with them.
J