>> gMoney wrote: >> I'm telling you, I really think it's the 'ick' factor. >> OR....a group that they secretly have more in common with >> then they'd like to admit, lets not forget about this contingent. >> > >I think you're exactly right. Plus I'd add I think there are a group >of people just plain see it as an aberration. For them it's like >allowing public voluntary amputations. > >It's "not normal" > >So I think the challenge is to define those things that are >permissible, but not normal, versus those things that should not be >permissible be they normal or not. > >All of these moral issues have that question attached. > >E.g., self-mutilation is not normal and not healthy and so not >permissible. Gay coupling is not normal ... but is it a healthy >function of human biology and therefore permissible? > >When you strip away the religious morality, that's the ethics of it.
I take it you've never heard of the Skopsy sect http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/diers.html Talking about what some consider self-mutilation, there are all those who "enhance" their looks, there are those on this lilst could tell you more about that topic. I've seen photos of people where they have themselves sculpted to look like animals, demons etc. Is that normal? Again what is normal? It really depends on where you are it seems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294664 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
