It's not your body, you don't have to look at it, you don't have to endure the pain...Sooo I'm failing to see why it's a big deal?
I think getting anything besides your ear pierced is quite useless but I don't assume the person who CHOOSES to do so is silly nor can I assume that he or she is "misguided" as many of you have eluded to. As was stated earlier; NPHC members do not recieve brands during their process and branding cannot be equated with being ignorant because my otolaryngologist friend has a huge one on his right arm.