Thread by @elfair

I myself did lobby adults to get my ears pierced in 4th grade. An aunt overrode my parent's prohibition and changing of goalposts, driving me herself to the shop. She said, "What will he do once it is done? Unpierce them?"

😅 Luckily, I don't regret getting my ears pierced.👂💎

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I thought I was being such a rebel.😇 I am amazed and impressed by what others want to do. It's like.. wow you really want some permachanges, there.

Are you sure you won't regret it? How do you know?

So if people are pro D for kids, I think they *have* to be pro-emancipation.

Emancipation of minors legally is limited, varies by state, and does not give you automatic bypass of all age-restricted laws.

But I think D is such a drastic and impressive commitment that child emancipation then should mean automatic bypass of all age-restricted laws, or full

legal adulthood, including marriage.

I think there's no structurally sound way to untangle hard, irreversible, PHYSICAL decisions like D with full trust in a person(child)'s ability to consent in contracts/life.

If and only if that is what people are approving for D, I relent.

As in, in the civilizational configurations that I understand to be, I cannot agree that D is morally sound for minors. But if people are arguing for complete dissolvement of legal, moral, and cultural boundaries separating childhood and adulthood, then of course nothing matters.

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