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Offline soleil

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Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« on: October 25, 2010, 08:35:35 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9384823&mesg_id=9384823


Just thought there were some interesting comments there. I don't think it is abuse at all. My daughter can get her ears pierced when she is old enough to ask for it, and be able to take care of her ears after the piercing. That is just me. I am not a fan of infant/toddler piercing. I see tots and infants with their ears pierced all of the time, and I have never once wondered if they were abused because of it.  Oh DU! Some lovely stuff there I tell ya.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 08:38:20 PM »
Hmm so far 45 people said yes.
I find it hard to comprehend that ear piercing would be abuse yet abortion is ok.
Then again I'm just a right wing nut job.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 08:47:32 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on October 25, 2010, 08:38:20 PM
Hmm so far 45 people said yes.
I find it hard to comprehend that ear piercing would be abuse yet abortion is ok.
Then again I'm just a right wing nut job.
 :-)

I swear I think some people there just like to be so far out there with their beliefs because they think it makes them a better democrat, but quite honestly, I don't think it jives with most democratic American views. Maybe I am naive though. I don't know many southern democrats that would agree with a lot posted there. I do agree with some things there. For the most part, I feel like it is a contest as to who can be the most liberal, the most far-out democrat because somehow that makes them better.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2010, 08:47:52 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on October 25, 2010, 08:38:20 PM
Hmm so far 45 people said yes.
I find it hard to comprehend that ear piercing would be abuse yet abortion is ok.
Then again I'm just a right wing nut job.
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Very true. Good answer. :cheersmate:
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2010, 08:48:09 PM »
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 08:49:19 PM »
Quote from: soleil on October 25, 2010, 08:47:32 PM
I swear I think some people there just like to be so far out there with their beliefs because they think it makes them a better democrat, but quite honestly, I don't think it jives with most democratic American views. Maybe I am naive though. I don't know many southern democrats that would agree with a lot posted there. I do agree with some things there. For the most part, I feel like it is a contest as to who can be the most liberal, the most far-out democrat because somehow that makes them better.

I think they believe the crap they are shoveling.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2010, 08:51:01 PM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on October 25, 2010, 08:48:09 PM
I'm speechless.

Well hell what good parent doesn't think of the future sex lives of their child?
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They are sick.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2010, 08:51:22 PM »
I don't think it's child abuse....but neither do I like to see baby girls or little girls at all, until they are teenagers, with pierced ears.

I know it's a cultural thing for some.

My daughter asked me what I thought about her getting her daughter's pierced....I don't think she liked my response, but so far she hasn't done it....
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2010, 08:54:02 PM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on October 25, 2010, 08:48:09 PM
I'm speechless.

Right. It is the ears people. Why would that thought cross that person's mind? If we were talking a vaginal piercing, but we are talking ears and kids. :mental:
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2010, 08:56:25 PM »
Quote from: soleil on October 25, 2010, 08:54:02 PM
Right. It is the ears people. Why would that thought cross that person's mind? If we were talking a vaginal piercing, but we are talking ears and kids. :mental:

If they were talking about vaginal piercings on toddlers at DU it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2010, 08:58:14 PM »
Quote from: debk on October 25, 2010, 08:51:22 PM
I don't think it's child abuse....but neither do I like to see baby girls or little girls at all, until they are teenagers, with pierced ears.

I know it's a cultural thing for some.

My daughter asked me what I thought about her getting her daughter's pierced....I don't think she liked my response, but so far she hasn't done it....

I personally cringe when I see an infant's ears pierced. Not because I think she was abused, but because I think it is tacky, and as if there aren't enough things to worry about with caring for an infant, but like I said, that is just me. I want my kid to at least be able to say that she wants it done. My daughter won't be getting her ears pierced for quite some time, but really it is none of my business if someone chooses to pierce their kids ears. Just because it isn't something I would do doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2010, 10:07:17 PM »
I don't think it's abuse either, if I had a little girl I would pierce her ears ASAP.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2010, 10:41:32 PM »
It's not child abuse.

Although I would not pierce my daughter's ears until she was old enough to say "yes" or "no" to the piercing.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2010, 02:59:06 AM »
For some reason, I thought the thread title read "Is piercing a baby's arm a form of child abuse?" What?
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2010, 06:20:34 AM »
Guess I'm a child abuser according to the DUmp, cause we got our daughter's ears pierced on her first birthday. When can I expect DCFS to come knocking?  :whatever:
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2010, 06:22:28 AM »
Wanna see some fun over there?

Start a circumcision thread.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2010, 07:46:46 AM »
AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!  MSB!  I was perusing over there yesterday, someone started a FGM thread.  It was too uncomfortably close to dissing Islam, so the conversation promptly turned to regular male baby circumcision.  All of a sudden, I knew waaaaaaayyy TMI, especially since I've seen some of the picture threads.  I don't really want to know about any of those guys' "sexual pleasure."  I didn't dare bring the mess over here, for fear of the bitch slaps.  I exited ASAP and rowed back to safer waters. 

Anyway, as for baby ear piercing, I think of it this way.  Each step in growing up from a girl to a woman is a series of rites of passage.  Being allowed to wear makeup, heels, bras, etc., going on dates, first time this and that, each is a step.  Ear piercing was one of them for me.  If I had a daughter, I'd have it be one for her. 
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2010, 09:06:00 AM »
I got mine pierced on Columbus Day.  1978.  I was off school that day.   :-)
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2010, 09:56:46 AM »
That whole discussion, as most of their's are, is about control.  If you call it child abuse then they have the 'power' to turn you over to the government if you don't "Do what THEY tell you to do."

It's that simple.  DUmmies want power and since they are too impotent to get some on their own they want to be able to do it at the barrel of a gun.

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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2010, 10:50:02 AM »
Quote from: VivisMom on October 26, 2010, 06:20:34 AM
Guess I'm a child abuser according to the DUmp, cause we got our daughter's ears pierced on her first birthday. When can I expect DCFS to come knocking?  :whatever:


How is the pregnancy going?
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2010, 10:59:31 AM »
Not abuse, but not really appropriate until the kid is old enough to ask for it, either.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2010, 12:45:58 PM »
How does the DUmp feel about the tradition of female circumcision/mutilation in islam?

My best guess since the islam card trumps all others that it is OK.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2010, 12:48:06 PM »
Quote from: jukin on October 26, 2010, 12:45:58 PM
How does the DUmp feel about the tradition of female circumcision/mutilation in islam?

My best guess since the islam card trumps all others that it is OK.


I think most of them are against it, but they couch their condemnation on the society, not on the Religion of PeaceTM .
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2010, 01:00:32 PM »
Quote from: soleil on October 26, 2010, 10:50:02 AM

How is the pregnancy going?

Swimmingly, thank you for asking! Doctor says baby is looking good. We should know if it's a boy or a girl sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Re: Poll question: Is piercing a babies ears a form of child abuse?
« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2010, 01:14:36 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on October 26, 2010, 09:56:46 AM
That whole discussion, as most of their's are, is about control.  If you call it child abuse then they have the 'power' to turn you over to the government if you don't "Do what THEY tell you to do."

It's that simple.  DUmmies want power and since they are too impotent to get some on their own they want to be able to do it at the barrel of a gun.

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