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We have yet to see anyone explain why this is different from, say, a bar that charges a finger for all you can drink. It's a private business, they're only taking one finger, and you have the choice to patronize the establishment... why should it be illegal?
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An excellent question. Since there is no Victim (cannot be a Victim when a person gives informed consent), how can there be a Crime? If a person thinks a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is worth that finger, it's nobody's business but theirs and the barkeep's. Now, if the barkeep was chopping fingers off of people who had not been informed and had not given their consent, even if he -did- give them the very finest Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster in existence in return, then yes there has been a crime and the barkeep should be punished.
This kind of "logic" would mean that a piercing or tattoo parlour could be (should be, actually) prosecuted for several of the nastier flavours of Assault: after all, someone had a needle jabbed through their nose! Nevermind the fact that they paid the piercer to do it, they had a needle jabbed through their nose! It's illegal to poke people with needles, therefore the piercing was a crime! Please.
It's all about consent, people. If informed consent is freely given,
there is no crime because there is no victim.