http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2008/01/30/bridging-the-gap-through-plastic-surgery/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2008/01/30/bridging-the-gap-through-plastic-surgery/#comment-4308 Eyelid Surgery Sydney Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:29:39 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=884#comment-4308 Getting a plastic surgery and changing your entire facial features into somewhat like the feature of other races doesn't necessarily mean racism. It may be taboo to most people, but if the act is in good faith, then maybe we can leave the act as it is.. :) Getting a plastic surgery and changing your entire facial features into somewhat like the feature of other races doesn’t necessarily mean racism. It may be taboo to most people, but if the act is in good faith, then maybe we can leave the act as it is..

]]> http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2008/01/30/bridging-the-gap-through-plastic-surgery/#comment-2624 Cosmetic Surgery » Blog Archive » Bridging the gap… through plastic surgery Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:10:18 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=884#comment-2624 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOpen the DP today to find an article about Jews, Arabs, and Muslims coming together through music. Like so many other initiatives on and around Penn campus, it’s sweet, a little sappy, and very PC. That’s the way we do it at Penn, … [...] [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOpen the DP today to find an article about Jews, Arabs, and Muslims coming together through music. Like so many other initiatives on and around Penn campus, it’s sweet, a little sappy, and very PC. That’s the way we do it at Penn, … [...]

]]> http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2008/01/30/bridging-the-gap-through-plastic-surgery/#comment-2365 Nuance Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:39:31 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=884#comment-2365 The quote you give says that the woman is getting the surgery in order to acheive "an oridental slant." The linked article's title says she is doing it "to make [her] eyes look more Japanese." That isn't the same as saying, "I'm Japanese." Nowhere outside of your article did anyone say that anything other than her eyes would become more Japanese (unless they do in the Portuguese that I can't understand). The quote you give says that the woman is getting the surgery in order to acheive “an oridental slant.” The linked article’s title says she is doing it “to make [her] eyes look more Japanese.” That isn’t the same as saying, “I’m Japanese.” Nowhere outside of your article did anyone say that anything other than her eyes would become more Japanese (unless they do in the Portuguese that I can’t understand).

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