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Originally Posted by *Peanut* I think what terra is saying is that many procedures would fit the strict definition of mutilation - ear piercing, mastectomies, surgeries, etc. Yet you wouldn't go up to a women who has had her breasts removed and tell her that she is mutilated. It's just plain rude. People who say they use the term mutilate simply because it fits the strict definition and for no other reason... Well, that's a bold faced lie. They use the term to purposefully make it sound awful. If someone wants to do that, it's their prerogative. I just think they should own it instead of hiding behind, "well, it fits the definition." I think that is kind of what terra is getting at. And I for one do not think she is rude. Outspoken, yes. Rude, no.

Having ones breasts removed as a treatment for a disease is FAR different that unnecessary cosmetic surgery on a helpless infant.