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Originally Posted by bikuki  I don't think it does - it says itself that the threashold for the behaviour is very high. What that means I don't know, but it does say that the behaviour must be considered abnormal by the general public. Seeing as there is an extremely large humber of pierced/tattooed people or those involved in extreme sports, I doubt these would be included.
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I don't want to get into an argument with
you here, and I'm hopefully not posting tit for tat arguments.
Piercing is more acceptable now, but I wouldn't say it was as mainstream say 20 - 25 years ago. Can you imagine the acceptance of someone with say, body modification (which has I think gained greater acceptance with the greater acceptance of piercings in general) sub-dermal implants 20-25 years ago? Or even ear-lobe stretching? I'm trying to make a point here (and not very well it would seem) that just because society views something as "normal" now, doesn't mean society viewed it an normal 20 years ago. Society opinion changes with what is considered normal, and as such it was considered normal at one point to ban women from marathons (as they couldn't take the strain apparently) society opinion could switch to, I dunno, boxing or Ultimate Fight Club for example, being seen as abnormal by the majority, and that the consent given to contest in these events isn't really consent?
Like I say trying to make a point and not doing it very well.
