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}} Archive: [[File:Circinfo about-the-author.pdf]]</ref> He is an avid circumcision advocate,<ref>{{REFbook

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}} Archive: [[File:Circinfo physical-problems.pdf]]</ref> He's the most vocal Australian circumcision promoter, stating that circumcision should be mandatory,<ref name="sundaynightcirc"/> and uses regular scare tactics in an attempt to frighten parents into circumcising their children.<ref>{{REFweb

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}} Archive: [[File:Gilgal Parents-Guide.pdf]]</ref><ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets">{{REFweb

}}</ref> who publishes circumcision propaganda, fetish stories of young boys being circumcised while others masturbate, and other materials. Gilgal Society has doctors and (circumcision to prevent HIV) researchers among their members.<ref>[[Gilgal Society]] - See article for citations.</ref> Gilgal is headed by [[Vernon Quaintance]], who was recently arrested for child pornography.<ref name="pedophile">{{REFnews

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Brian Morris was born in South Australia in 1950. In accordance with the then prevailing standard practice, he received a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>This information was formerly posted on his website, but has been removed.</ref> It was not the practice to use anaesthesia or analgesic at that time because doctors then falsely believed that infants could not feel pain.<ref>{{REFjournal

Brian Morris tried to use his status as a professor at the University of Sydney to pressure the university to sack Dr. Karl S. Kruszelnicki, from his position as Julius Sumner Miller Fellow in the School of Physics.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> As a popular science writer, Dr. Kruszelnicki published an article in ''Sydney Morning Herald'' ''Good Weekend'' publication, titled "May the foreskin be with you,"<ref>{{REFnews

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''Professor Brian Morris''<br>

''University of Sydney''

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In addition to writing a letter to the newspaper, and trying to get the University of Sydney to sack Dr Kruszelnicki from his position, Morris also filed a formal complaint of bias against the Sydney Morning Herald with the Australian Press Council.<ref>{{REFweb

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This study was preceded by three other publications based on the same dataset, dealing with sexual dysfunctions in Danish men and women in relation to socioeconomic factors, health factors and lifestyle factors, respectively, which were swimmingly published without serious criticisms from peer reviewers in the two most prestigious US journals of sexual health, the Journal of Sexual Medicine and Archives of Sexual Behavior. After adding the variable of male circumcision status to the analysis, however, the study was met with extremely critical reviews of everything about the entire dataset.<ref>{{REFweb

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=== Morris hides his association with the 'Gilgal Society' ===

On the 26th of April, 2012, documents suddenly disappeared from Brian Morris's website.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> The documents were his leaflets promoting circumcision, bearing the imprint of the Gilgal Society.<ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets"/><ref name="guide4parents"/><ref name="gilgal4women"/> Recently, the head of the Gilgal Society, [[Vernon Quaintance]], has been convicted of possessing child pornography.<ref name="pedophile"/><ref name="malta"/>

=== Original Website ===

Brian Morris ran a circumcision website hosted by the University of Sydney. While no longer on University of Sydney equipment, www.circinfo.net is again operational.<ref>{{REFweb

}} Archive: http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~bmorris/circumcision.shtml</ref> The University of Sydney asked Brian Morris not to associate his views on circumcision with his position at the university.

=== Recommended ===

Morris' website links to the following ''recommended'' websites and groups (8 of which are [[circumfetish]] sites, and 7 that sell devices to perform circumcisions):<ref>{{REFweb

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* The Gilgal Society<ref>{{REFweb

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* Circlist (German)<ref>{{REFweb

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* Circlist (Yahoo Asian)<ref>{{REFweb

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* Erotic Male Circumcision<ref>{{REFweb

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* Circumcised Kids<ref>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circumcisedkids/</ref>

* Circumcision Fetish<ref>{{REFweb

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* SCARandACORN<ref>{{REFweb

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* Teen Circ<ref>{{REFweb

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* Cutting Club<ref>{{REFweb

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* Beschnittene Gay Boys<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BeschnitteneGayBoys/ BeschnitteneGayBoys · Circumcised guys do it better!!]</ref>

* Misc. Kids Pregnancy<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/misc.kids.pregnancy/topics?lnk=srg Usenet Newsgroup: misc.kids.pregnancy]</ref>

* A list of places to get circumcision devices<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref><ref>[http://www.findsupplies.com/ Find Supplies]</ref><ref>[http://www.smartklamp.com/ Smart Klamp]</ref><ref>[http://www.zhenxi-korea.com/ Weihai Zhenxi Medical]</ref><ref>[http://www.zhenxi-europe.com/ Circ-Ring International]</ref><ref>[http://www.cutting-ring.com/ Cutting Ring]</ref><ref>[http://gaja79.com/link/fow-mh1004.html ...]</ref>

=== Humor ===

Morris' website also has a circumcision humor section, which contains jokes about children, and even a video called "Don't cha wish your boyfriend was circumcized?"<ref name="circinfonet humor">{{REFweb

}} Archive: [[File:Circinfo-Humor.pdf]]</ref> It also contains a picture of a naked child, with a folding cellphone clamped onto his foreskin, dangling from the end of his penis, on the humor section of his website.<ref>{{REFweb

}} Archive (2012-04-21): http://circleaks.org/images/5/5a/Circinfo_humor.pdf</ref> It appears as if an adult purposely put the cell phone there and took the picture.

=== Foreskin fetish? ===

On several occasions Morris has called those against circumcision, foreskin fetishists. He sometimes cites a paper written in 1965 called "Foreskin fetishism and its relation to ego pathology in a male homosexual" (which links to [[Jake H. Waskett]]'s website).<ref>{{REFweb

}} Archive: File:B.Morris, Anti-Circ Lobby Groups.pdf</ref><ref>A-13. Khan MM. Foreskin fetishism and its relation to ego pathology in a male homosexual. Int J Psychoanal. 1965; 46: 64-80. http://www.circs.org/library/khan/</ref> Waskett is homosexual.<ref name="waskett wikipedia profile">{{REFweb

}} Archive (2011-05-13): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:En.wikipedia.org-wiki-User-Jakew.pdf</ref>

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== Mandatory circumcision ==

Morris thinks circumcision should be required by law.<ref name="sundaynightcirc">{{REFweb

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with white feathers as headwear, and white painted facial decoration that stood out against their very black skin. Each wore a pendant that was the

razor blade used for their own circumcision. The ceremony that they had gone through is a special part of their tribal culture and was very important

to these boys, who were proud to show that they were now ‘men’. In other cultures it is associated with preparation for marriage and as a sign of entry

into manhood.

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== CircLeaks incident ==

On March 7th 2011, a new user account by the name of [[User:Brianm|Brianm]] signed up for Circleaks,<ref>Circleaks user creation log, 00:08 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=Brianm&page=&year=&month=-1</ref> attempted to blank this page,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:15 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3112&oldid=2363</ref> then successfully blanked the page entirely.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:19 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3113&oldid=3112</ref> A few minutes later [[User:Brianm|Brianm]] added Brian Morris' website (circinfo.net) to the page,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:24 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3114&oldid=3113</ref> then added and removed edit=brianm.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:29 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3116&oldid=3114</ref><ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:29 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3117&oldid=3116</ref> At this point an Administrator reverted the removal,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:30 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3118&oldid=3117</ref> and locked the page due to repeated attempts of removal without discussion.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:31 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=protect&user=&page=Brian+J.+Morris&year=&month=-1</ref> A message was then posted on [[User talk:Brianm|Brianm's talkpage]], notifying the user that their removals have been reverted, that if a statement is shown to be false it will be removed, and that registering simply to delete content that's incriminating to someone isn't compatible with Circleaks wiki policies.<ref>Circleaks history log for [[User talk:Brianm]], 19:02 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Brianm</ref> A Circleaks administrator checked the IP address of [[user:brianm|brianm]] and found the user to be in Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, University of Sydney.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> Soon after [[user:brianm|brianm's]] edits, Brian Morris sent an email to his mailing list regarding this page.

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On March 8th 2011, Morris posted an almost identical message on a science blog at Science 20.<ref>{{REFweb

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