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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs, get off your western high horses, please.  piercing ears is considered a custom in many cultures.

- mom of two girls who comes from such a culture, yet chose not to pierce my daughters' ears.[/quote]

Just because some consider it a custom doesn't make it okay to put holes in your baby's flesh. Some cultures systematically abuse and neglect female children as well. Is that ok just because some backwards folks value boys more? "western high horses" - sheesh.[/quote]to equate piercing ears with abuse and neglect is a serious reach, lady.  get out of your little western world.  yes, i wrote that.
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It is mutilation to the body of a child who is too young to consent - period.[/quote]

I was totally waiting for the "mutilation" poster to get on this thread!  Love the stupidity of the word mutilation in context of ear piercing (and I'm anti-piercing for young children).  Here is the definition of the word mutilation:

mu·ti·late
 [myoot-l-eyt] Show IPA

verb (used with object), mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing. 
1. 
[b]to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts[/b]: Vandals mutilated the painting.

2. 
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

A tiny, pin dot hole is not disfigurment or removal of an appendage (this also applies to circumcision).[/quote]

That is exactly what it is. Are you not an English speaker, PP? Or are you just an idiot?[/quote]

No it's not you idiot :roll:  So when you see all the women out there with their ears pierced you think they have all been mutilated?  I myself don't believe in piercing a babies ears.  Hell I wouldn't even pierce an elementary school aged kid's ears.  But to call it mutilation is so stupid and dramatic.  And because someone is calling you on your hysteria they can't possibly be an English speaker?  I was raised by an English professor btw.  [/quote]

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