Originally posted by: jlind23
I am amazed, that there are so many people that have never changed what mother nature/god/who ever you believe in made you.
No Haircuts, Glasses, Braces, Filled Cavities, Clipped Finger and Toe Nails, NoseEar Hairs plucked, Picking your nose, shaved, lifted a weight...and I am sure many more things I haven't thought of. I won't even mention Body Art and Piercings.
All of those things were things you were naturally given right and you should be happy with what you have been given and culture shouldn't dictate you change. Or you shouldn't change those things for others.
We're all different, why is it harder to accept each other and their decisions than confront them with your opinions?
I just wish I could see some of these brave people that have never changed what was given to them.
I love it when people can't see fundamental differences between things.
Things done for their physical, useful benefits:
-Glasses: For those people that need them, they are necessary to live a normal life. Its like saying someone who has hearing loss is being vain by getting a hearing aid. This is restoring your senses (without implanting anything into your body), not altering your appearance
-Cavities: Necessary if you want teeth so you dont have to eat baby food. Also, abcesses have been known to be fatal. Again, its not implanting something for the appearance, but rather for medical upkeep of the persons body
-Clipping Toenails/Fingernails: These were made to break off bit by bit and be replaced. Half the time I just bite my fingernails off if I notice it has gotten too long for work and is likely to rip. If someone wants to orderly regulate the sheeding of their nail material, its not being vain, its maintence.
-Some braces: Some people need braces just to be able to chew efficiently, or allow their teeth to come together so as to not chip/break themselves
-Hair (partially): Disliking hippies isnt the only reason the US armed forces makes servicemen keep their hair short. The shorter it is, the easier to take care of. I keep my hair short so I dont have to style it. Again, cutting your hair is just
slightly different than putting a saline filled bag under your skin.
-Lifting weights: I do it for me (my health and fitness level), and not for how I look (I'd do a lot more curls if that was the case). I work construction during the summer, and if you want to try transitioning from college student with no regular exercise other than walking to class to mixing concrete and lifting 24' long schedule-40 4" posts, be my guest. If you can even do it for a week straight, I'd be highly surprised.
Procedures that are done for looks but DONT require a M.D.:
-Hair (95% of the time)
-Nose hair trimming
-shaving
-Painting toenails/fingernails
Procedures that DO require a M.D. and involve placing a foreign matter into your body:
-Breast Implants
One of the things I listed above involves placing a certain amount of foreign substances into your body, in a procedure that must be done by a doctor, and if it is to be reversed, must also be done by a doctor. The rest are things that people can do for themselves, and dont require anything being permanently implanted into your body. I dont really care if a woman I've never met decides she wants implants. Thats her business, and as long as it isnt being funded in part by taxpayers, I dont see why I should care/have a say in it. At the same time, equating it to shaving, picking your nose, and lifting weights is stupid. Don't talk yourself into thinking its closely related.