Cutting Yourself Up

Back in January 2003, at my old Blogspot blog, I linked to the Megan Lindholm story titled “Cut,” which was up for a Nebula award.  My friend, Greg Swann, linked to my post, with some comments on the story of his own.

This morning, at Totalitarianism Today, Alina Stefanescu links to some related items on this issue, the issue of self mutiliation, in a post titled “In defense of self-mutilation,” wherein she concludes with the following statement.

“Being cut, or cutting, with an aesthetic end in mind is no more ethically laudable than being cut, or cutting, with an cognitive end in mind. The result is the same—a satisfied person.”

There is truth to Alina’s statement, especially in regards to the point of “a satisfied person,” but I still don’t quite understand plastic surgery for mere aesthetic ends, or self mutiliation, for that matter, but I respect the right of each individual to choose either course of action.  What do you think?

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