Poll: Is ear piercing really too 'liberal'?

[farouk]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

I don't wear earrings currently, but I think I'd probably prefer studs if I did.

questdriven:

Ty. Such as the classic one stud each side, maybe?

So many people, even when they keep to studs, like to have two studs in a row, each side, do you like them (but maybe you intend and prefer to keep to the simple one each side).

Blessings.

 

[faeriecat]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

faeriecat:

Yes, you're right to raise an interesting point. The only problem with multi-piercings is that you might not be able to wear headphones when listening to heavy metal.

Blessings.

LOL I let my metal blare on out for all to hear (at home, at work I do wear headphones). And even a single piercing in each ear can be painful when putting on the super headphones attach to the sound board at church ... I swear those things vaccum seal themselves to your head. :P

 

[farouk]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

LOL I let my metal blare on out for all to hear (at home, at work I do wear headphones). And even a single piercing in each ear can be painful when putting on the super headphones attach to the sound board at church ... I swear those things vaccum seal themselves to your head. :P

faeriecat:

Well, I guess you could always stick a note on your desk at work to remind you: 'Take out earrings before putting on headphones'....

(But for a person who is multipierced with several studs, taking them all out and putting them all in again would take a long time...)

You know, people sometimes say, to try to dissuade people: "Don't get a tattoo!; at least, with earrings you can take them out..." but in fact in the situation you describe the reverse would be true; a lot of women get, e.g., a ladybug tattoo behind the ear, and this doesn't affect putting on, and taking off, headphones, at all. But like you say, earrings do indeed cause discomfort!

Blessings.

 

[farouk]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

I don't wear earrings currently, but I think I'd probably prefer studs if I did.

PS: questdriven: I guess, though, it's wide open for you, if you're strongly motivated enough to do it. But you must know, right?

Blessings.

 

[redemption79]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

i am a really straight laced (bordering on boring) kind of guy. so i piercing is not really my thing.

 

[farouk]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

i am a really straight laced (bordering on boring) kind of guy. so i piercing is not really my thing.

redemption79: Well, actually, not having one's ears pierced might be regarded as an avant-garde act of minimalism at the height of fashion ...

Blessings.

 

[redemption79]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

redemption79: Well, actually, not having one's ears pierced might be regarded as an avant-garde act of minimalism at the height of fashion ...

Blessings.

oh thanks, i dont get that kind compliment everyday.... i remember my sister teased me once and said to me " how come you always look like you just walked out of a banana republic store, seriously, take some risk !"

i remember the very next time i saw her, i just up the ante and dressed in a even preppish way just to p her off.

 

[farouk]

Re: Stud, ring or pendant in ears: which?

...even a single piercing in each ear can be painful when putting on the super headphones attach to the sound board at church ... I swear those things vaccum seal themselves to your head. :P

PS: faeriecat:

It's okay; just imagine the headphones as huge fashionable gauges in your ears ...

Blessings.

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Growing up pentecostal in the 50s almost everything was sin.... Ear piercing was a SIN so the ladies wore clipons... Some how lipstick was a sin and RED lip stick was worser sin.

Praise God for the liberty in Christ!

Just goes to show how things have changed (and in this respect, probably for the better...)

Amen! to your sentiment at the end!

 

[elijah23]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Just thinking, in the light of the other thread about trashing 'liberals': so many of the things that 'liberals', whoever they exactly are, are accused of, seem to boil down to subjective. cultural things. You know; 70 or 80 years ago, a baptist pastor's wife was supposedly 'liberal' if she wore lipstick. Now they all do (seemingly). But now another bugbear that some good folk seem to have is, if a young man is allowed to pierce his ears, then this is somehow an indication that his parents are 'liberal'. (Whereas the parents and the young man himself may well hold a very conservative, Biblical approach to matters of personal faith.)

Is it a matter of mindset?

Parents have the responsibility to raise their kids right. I don't think I'd allow a son to pierce either of his ears.

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Parents have the responsibility to raise their kids right.

elijah23:

Your statement 1: I wholeheartedly agree!

I don't think I'd allow a son to pierce either of his ears.

Your statement 2: This is/would be completely your call while he's not an adult.

Re. the combination of your statements 1 & 2, though (each of which, in isolation, I completely understand), I don't necessarily see the connection.

Blessings.

 

[Claudya]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

so, as i said earlier, If Jesus would wear a tat and a tongue piercing, then by all means let all the deacons have titanium nipple rings and all the deacon's wives have a big red eagle tat on their bottoms.

Now how am I supposed to get those images out of my head???? :shocked!

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Claudya:

Actually I think kidron's comment was rather off topic, to say the least.

Do young men pierce their ears in Jena, where you come from?

 

[Paul1965]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Personally nothing for or against piercing,(had my lip pierced long time ago since removed) My eldest son did his own at a friends house at sixteen with ice and sewing needle. The only objection I had was lack of sterilization and the fact he felt he couldn't ask me to have it done professionally. He too has since removed it.
It's an interesting point Jasoncran brought up, about the left side meaning you are Gay. In Oz the same Myth was spread by conservatives and those opposed to male piercings. I once asked my gay cousin about it and he said it was rubbish.Maybe Oz is different to the US,not sure.
I think He want's us to be individuals NOT sheep who follow the "rules" after all, when our Saviour walked the earth, he was a non conformist and was viewed as rebellious and evil by those who passed judgement and set the tone of the times was he not?

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Paul: I guess in Thailand now where you guys are it's become customary for many young men to pierce their ears, too, maybe? and if so I guess your wife would be quite accustomed to it and to the fact of other piercing placements as well.

 

[Claudya]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

I know it was off topic, and so was my comment... but the eagles on the deacons' wives' rears are really haunting me. :D

Do young men pierce their ears in Jena, where you come from?

Yep they do. It's not really a thing of being liberal here (although extremely conservative people would be opposed to ear piercings in guys).

It's more of a generation and lifestyle thing. I never paid attention to whether young christians have ear piercings more or less than other guys.
I should check everyone's ear lobes next time in church.
The latest trend is to have the ear lobe pireced and then widen the hole to make it look like this. I really like tattoos and piercings, but how this is supposed to be aesthetical is beyond me.

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

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Yep they do. It's not really a thing of being liberal here (although extremely conservative people would be opposed to ear piercings in guys).

It's more of a generation and lifestyle thing. I never paid attention to whether young christians have ear piercings more or less than other guys.
I should check everyone's ear lobes next time in church.
The latest trend is to have the ear lobe pireced and then widen the hole to make it look like this. I really like tattoos and piercings, but how this is supposed to be aesthetical is beyond me.

Claudya:

Well, this is interesting, because in Western Europe (you guys were in East, just, right?) it has been the practice for at least 30 years for many young men to pierce their ears, whereas I don't think that this practice would have been widespread in the former German Democratic Republic until after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, right?

But it sounds as if you like it (and tattoos, too!)

 

[Claudya]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

Well, this is interesting, because in Western Europe (you guys were in East, just, right?) it has been the practice for at least 30 years for many young men to pierce their ears, whereas I don't think that this practice would have been widespread in the former German Democratic Republic until after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, right?

Yeah I grew up in the eastern part of Germany for the first 8 years of my life.
I was too young to know anything about gender specific acceptance of piercings, but I think there was that "man with ear piercings = gay or punk, or both" thing in people's heads.

In the western part I guess piercing or tattoos became more acceptable for the "normal" people during the 80s with the punk and hippie culture becoming somewhat mainstream.

But it sounds as if you like it (and tattoos, too!)

Yeah I'd love me some tattoos and piercings! Just couldn't get myself to spend money on those things yet.

 

[farouk]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

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Yeah I'd love me some tattoos and piercings! Just couldn't get myself to spend money on those things yet.

Claudya:

I see! so anyway (apart from ears I guess) these are still in the planning stage, then.

Have good parlors opened up in your area, maybe? It can be worthwhile checking them out if, in fact, tattooists/piercers there are the same as in North America, that is, it's considered unprofessional to do a 'hard sell': the customer must become pierced or tattooed only when he or she (in North America 60% of tattooees are now 'shes') is ready.

 

[Paul1965]

Re: Is it supposedly 'liberal' to let your son pierce his ears?

The good news is, that at the judgement seat of Christ we get to explain why we did things in the body of Christ such as tats and body piercings and
while never witnessing to a lost person.

What says that being tattooed or having piercings done precludes a person from witnessing?

With regard to maybe regretting a tattoo later in life, I fully agree. Fortunately all of my tattoos were carefully considered before I had them done.
With regard to work, I teach English as a second language (and write freelance) to ages from 6 to 60 including many well to do families and two Thai army general's daughters. I wear long sleeved shirts most of the time but many have told me it's too hot and to roll up my sleeves if I want to. These aren't all Buddhist Thais about 50% are from different Christian Denominations.
Thankfully the culture here TRULY believes in knowing a person before assessing their character rather than their appearance.
Western culture seems to place so much value on appearances. What JUNK!

If Jesus walked through the middle of Perth or say New York today, he would be judged as homeless and unclean or worse because of his Robes and Sandals when in fact he has the most awesome home and Highest lineage ever known to man.

If people truly want to judge peoples character, intentions and motives purely by outward appearance why don't they start in front of a mirror..........................
Enuff from me because I'm clearly a biased pagan who has never witnessed to the poor, am selfish , want to be the centre of attention and so forth