For the record, it use to be a very spiritual rites of passage for a lot of tribes. Now certain \'modern primitives\' are doing it also. I wouldn\'t call it "stupid", if someone likes it. It is suppose to give you an extreme rush and a certain sense of enlightment through the pain. Does it work? I don\'t know, however I\'m not going to judge it, as I do know someone who has done it a couple times.
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http://www.bme.freeq.comI will say one thing. It is idiotic to do it out on the street like that. It takes away any of the privacy that is suppose to go along with the act.