View Poll Results: Should those profiting from TS porn raise awareness on the dangers of injecting silicone?
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02-03-2009 #31
LG, with all due respect, I think your being a little naive or maybe just over romantic.
Every TS in Brazil whether they knew her or not, will know that this girl died of silicone poisoning - and they will know other girls who have died of silicone poisoning, of AIDS, murdered and other lifestyle causes. They know how dangerous it is - and they know it's a risk yet they're still going to do it.
Nothing you or I say or do, will change that. It's like yelling at a brick wall. They will agree, they will understand but ultimately they will take the risk. Obviously not every girl will - but the ones who will ... will.
Sad yes.
Avoidable yes.
Realistically being able to stop it? Unlikely.
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02-03-2009 #32
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Originally Posted by seanchai
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02-03-2009 #33
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Originally Posted by meghanchavalier
Congrats on your Lifetime Achievement Award, by the way. I can't think of anyone who could deserve more.
Navin R. Johnson: You mean I'm going to stay this color??
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02-03-2009 #34
I just hope my experience might help change one young transgender woman's mind.
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02-03-2009 #35
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Originally Posted by seanchai
Sadly you are probably right in this case. But, mate, even if it's like yelling at a brick wall, yell away. At least you've tried. And maybe, just maybe, it will save a life, even if it's just one.
Romantic? Yes.
Naive? Maybe.
Worth doing? Why not?
Navin R. Johnson: You mean I'm going to stay this color??
Mother: I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass.
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02-03-2009 #36
The irony is pretty rich in this thread.
A guy who uses the nickname "Trannybanger" is lecturing others about being a bottom feeder and not treating transsexuals right.
And sorry TSJennifer, I have no bone to pick with you, but I'm not sure you're the right messenger for a point about how "retouched pictures" can influence other transsexuals to get unsafe silicon injections.
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02-03-2009 #37Originally Posted by Danielle Foxx
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02-03-2009 #38
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Originally Posted by Odelay
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02-03-2009 #39
Re: Grooby,Bob's Tgirls,Evil Angel etc must educate on silic
Originally Posted by LG
This isn't really about what happens in Brazil. Pumping happens all over, even in the US. All you have to do is google this and you'll see it happens here, people die from it here, and when someone dies from it here- local DA's offices usually try to find someone to charge for it.
I really don't see how anyone could even attempt to throw the producers under the bus for this. They're not the ones who dictate access to proper medical care, regulate medical protocols, or throw shit fits when supportive parents try to help their kids get on HRT at the right age.
If someone were to really want to make a far-fetched argument about responsibility on this, how about all the consumers of these products out there who eagerly support (either in votes, donations, or volunteering) conservative politicians? Not having access to trans health care would be less of a problem if it weren't for the stigmatization & discrimination problems. And those two problems have a snowballing effect that is directly responsible for the practices that the medical community is currently able to get away with (i.e. "I'm not putting you on hrt, you're not __ years old yet. Comeback in _ years," or health care providers basically saying "we'll cover you for any treatment you need that's listed in the DSM, well, except this one- and since no one cares about your situation, we can get away with not calling it what it is [discrimination].").
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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02-03-2009 #40
This is a RARE example of me agreeing with Mr.Grooby.
Its NOT up to a pornographer to educate and be a quasi-health care worker for transexuals.
To even bring it up is beyond crazy.
AND......I did not insult that young girl.
Im not trying to suck anyones dick on this forum so I can speak freely.
She is not the living end as some of you suspect.
I was trying to warn her about getting a big head.
Thats all ........and I did say she was very passable.
Im not here to kiss anyones ass.....I call 'em like I see 'em.