People claiming that they are expressing thier individuality throught body piercing need to take a reality check. Everyone these days is putting rings and spikes in every conceivable body part these days. In fact hat wasonce a form of rebellion is now a simple reproduction of and underground society. Body piercing has gone from mild to medium to wild. Perhaps you've noticed the new fashion trend. The average youth today has at least one form of piercing ranging from earrings to genital rings. One of the piercing uproars of the eighties involved men's piercings. The question of which ear to pierce became the controvers