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drawing the line

2007-03-16 20:41:25.660778+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Where to draw the line pops up yet again: In North Carolina, 3 Sentenced for Castration `dungeon':

Superior Court Judge Dennis Winner said it was difficult to call the dungeon's willing patients "victims," but he said six castrations performed there were certainly a crime.

"I think this is a type of perversion that cannot be tolerated by society," Winner said during a sentencing hearing Thursday.

So, say, botox, killing off portions of your face, is fine, but cutting off your nuts isn't?

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#Comment Re: made: 2007-03-16 23:59:37.219926+01 by: petronius

Botox doesn't kill off your face. It wears off after a period of some weeks or a few months. Nuts don't grow back.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-03-17 08:36:56.839346+01 by: meuon

I'm assuming in San Francisco it'd be considered an interesting body mod, and the crime would be practicing medicine without a license. Even though Sciara (62) has 23 years experience as a PA, that's not the kind of things PA's normally do (surgery).

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