Criminal "Being A Teenager"-hood
What are the teen girl years for but to pierce your friends' ears with your mom's sewing needle and a wine cork? Now, this has expanded to other parts of the body, and this, like everything else, is now a crime. Alexis Stevens writes at the AJC:
The student was charged with reckless conduct and piercing the body of a person under 18, and she was released to her mother, sheriff's deputies said.
via Karen De Coster
Tipping....
So frigging close to the edge or giving up on America.
Looking at the story. This girl was being semi professional about it. Which can be seen as good and bad. Good as she will more prepared to do the piercing. Bad as she is doing this actively and is no a once off.
Still really arresting for this!
John Paulson at April 16, 2012 5:18 AM
Didn't read the story, will later. But an unsterile piercing in places other than an ear can cause really dangerous infections. Arrested? Overkill. But it needed to be made clear to her that what she's doing is dangerous to the lives of others. Not to mention there are areas you can easily hit a nerve and cause permanent damage.
If someone had lost their clit to infection, would you still be taking her side?
momof4 at April 16, 2012 5:41 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/04/16/criminal_being.html#comment-3144039">comment from momof4If someone had lost their clit to infection, would you still be taking her side?
It's a question of what we talk to people for and what we arrest them for.
Amy Alkon
at April 16, 2012 5:43 AM
It gives a different meaning to “being in the hood”.
Roger at April 16, 2012 6:29 AM
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.”
-Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged.
Ken R at April 16, 2012 4:46 PM
The problem with charging her is it assumes the 'victim' had no say in the matter.
In cases where there are no real victims there shouldnt be any charges
lujlp at April 16, 2012 9:53 PM
But Luj, there ARE real victims here!
The piercing parlor that didn't get the job, for instance.
The government office that didn't get paid to grant a license to the young lady for another.
Once you grant the government a monopoly on deciding who is qualified to do something, then they need to criminalize any attempt to side-step them. After all, the only real need for a guild system is to minimize competition and protect profit margins.
And that's really all the government does any more.
brian at April 17, 2012 7:19 AM
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