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I'm not saying the father doesn't have the right to be upset. Yeah I would be upset if my child came home with a brand that was given to them by their fraternity/sorority members. it's not so much the brand as it was the risk involved because it wasn't done by a professional. The parent doesn't have the right to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Did his son make a bad chocie, probably. IS it anyone elses fault. No. Unless he was hel down by his fraternity members and forced to take the brand (which it doesn't appear that that was the case) then it was the kids own fault and the father has no one else to get mad at but his son. There comes a time when you have to take responsibility for your own actions and legally that age is 18.
You can enter into contracts, die for your country, rent porn, get married. Obviously there are some things that you can't do at 18 and I agree that sometimes we need to be protected from ourselves, but does that mean we are going to make body modification illegal because some people might make bad choices? You can legally get a tattoo at 18 and certain types of body modification (at least here you must be 18 to get a tattoo), if later you regret it, it's no one's fault but your own.
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