So how does that sit with your comment:
"It's not mutilation. It's no more mutilating than a tattoo or a piercing."
What you've just indicated is that a tattoo or a piercing is mutilating except for ear-piercing - or at least if not mutilating then unacceptable.
"It's not mutilation. It's no more mutilating than a tattoo or a piercing."
What you've just indicated is that a tattoo or a piercing is mutilating except for ear-piercing - or at least if not mutilating then unacceptable.