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| Dedicated Fan   Joined: Jul 2003
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| Georgia House bans genital piercings for women "Genital piercings for women were banned by the Georgia House Wednesday as lawmakers considered a bill outlining punishments for female genital mutilation. [...] An amendment adopted without objection added "piercing" to the list of things that may not be done to female genitals. Even adult women would not be allowed to get the procedure. The bill eventually passed 160-0, with no debate. Amendment sponsor Rep. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, was slack-jawed when told after the vote that some adults seek the piercings. "What? I've never seen such a thing," Heath said. "I, uh, I wouldn't approve of anyone doing it. I don't think that's an appropriate thing to be doing." The ban applies only to women, not men. " http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap...y.asp?ID=34411 uh.. | |||
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| New Fan Joined: Jan 2004
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| I am so sick of how people (and sadly enough, our supposed leaders, the politicians) in this country feel they have any right to control what people do to their bodies and in their personal lives. It's not affecting anyone. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] __________________ "Focusing on the poor and ignoring the system of power, privilege, and profit which makes them poor, is a little like blaming the corpse for murder." - Michael Parenti | |||
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| Passionate Fan Joined: Mar 2000
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| Hrmm Georgia.. gotta love the south :-) __________________ This space for rent. | |||
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| Dedicated Fan  Joined: Feb 2000
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| Outlaws on women but not on men? I understand the whole female gential mutilation, but I don't consider piercings to be apart of that... This whole topic just makes me cringe. __________________ A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush! | |||
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| Part-Time Fan Joined: Oct 2001
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| I didn't realize female genital mutilation was such a problem in Georgia. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] This is dumb and considering that the one congressman didn't even know that people would choose to have their genitals pierced I cannot understand how he would consider himself educated enough to vote on that issue. __________________ Perception is relative.Truth is absolute. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Dec 1999
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| why the hell do you want it pierced to begin with? that's tender tissue *shudder* makes me think of the genital mutilation some girls in tribal africa are forced to endure...i wonder if there have been any medical complications due to the process? | |||
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| Part-Time Fan Joined: Oct 2001
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So if we are going to ban genital piercing in women, not only should we ban it in men we should also ban elective plastic surgery because obviously being an adult doesn't mean you have a say over what happens to your body. __________________ Perception is relative.Truth is absolute. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Jan 2000
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but i agree, what right do these "leaders" have in telling us what we can and cannot do to our bodies. really, does a woman getting her genitals pierced really affect anyone to the extend that they need to be banned? and i also agree, why aren't men banned from getting their genitals pierced? wouldn't they consider that mutilation too? ashley __________________ LJ | News & Politics | Battlestar Galactica | TS2 | PS  Watch Battlestar Galactica every Friday at 10pm! [/B] | |||
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| Total Fan  Joined: Jul 2000
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| What a stupid law. I mean, I think it's freaky and all and I would never personally do it, but if you want to pierce your *cough* then go for it and I wish you luck. What I want to know is how they are going to enforce this? I mean, banning the piercing parlors sure, but you can always go out of state and I am pretty sure the police have better things to do than checking women for genital piercings. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer. --Bruce Graham | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Mar 2001
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| Loyal Fan Joined: Mar 2001
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*shudder* Really, how on earth would you enforce this? __________________ The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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| Master Fan   | They should either ban it for both genders or ban it for neither gender. I suppose respect for personal freedom says it shouldn't be banned at all, but piercing one's genitals sounds crazy and gross to me. Not to mention potentially hazardous. [ 03-26-2004: Message edited sum1 ] __________________ | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Oct 1999
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| Non-sensical, rediculous, without function. Terrible. ...how would this even be checked, woman to woman? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ "Perception is reality." unknown | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Aug 2000
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| it is kinda gross/unhealthy/unsafe, what have you, but I think that if they ban it for women, they should ban it for men, too. __________________ I know I can't expect the world to move underneath me, but for god's sake, could you try? lex/lana("I did it for you") felicity/noel("you're my first boyfriend") trey/alex(mixing business with pleasure) seth/chloe(every superhero needs a lois lane) | |||
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| System Manager   | I get the impression that this law was originally thought up to prevent female circumcision (a practice most Americans likely don't support), and piercing just got tacked on. Any law preventing male "genital mutilation" would open a debate on male circumcision. How could you ban male genital piercing but not circumcision? __________________ You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies. Doctor Who Re-watch: 2.05 Rise of the Cybermen / 2.06 The Age of Steel 084 The Brain of Morbius | |||
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