Klarinet Archive - Posting 000506.txt from 1997/07

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: Sorry, can't resist! (Tongue piercing)
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:57:20 -0400

Clare,
I agree with you. I also feel that Ryan's question was valid, and
the thoughtful responses were interesting. (I just liked the concept of
stapling on mascara! At least it won't smear off!)

-Scott

>> Clare wrote:
>>
>> After
>> >all, there's not a lot of difference between piercing for adornment and
>> >putting on makeup!
>>
>
>Scott wrote:
>> Try stapling-on your mascara and THEN tell me that! :-)
>> (By the way, point taken! But using that same argument, when you put on
>> make-up, you're making a statement about how you want people to see you,
>> aren't you?)
>> (Incidentally, I do NOT wear make-up, but my wife does!)
>
>And now I'm writing again:
>Scott, I don't wear makeup either, except when I feel like "dressing up" to go
>out
>somewhere (which isn't every time I go out dressed up). And yes, I agree,
>you're
>making a statement about how you want people to see you, but that wasn't the
>point. The point is that one form of adornment is really no worse than any
>other -
>there are pros and cons to all of them. It's really a question of weighing up
>the
>pros versus the cons on a case-by-case basis, and all Ryan wanted to know were
>the
>physical effects, not have the list tell him whether they personally thought
>it was
>"freakish" or not.
>
>Clare Henderson <chenderson@-----.au>

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

SDM@-----.edu