INJUSTICE IS SERVED

Sometimes you have to get up and make a fuss when something unjust is done. However, there are times when things happen which you have no control over, and you can do nothing about. Sometimes there are risks involved with trying to get the right thing done. There is a situation at the moment that I could be punished for even illuding to it here. As my blog is a public forum, if anyone who reads it from this organisation is offended, I could have a similar punishment dealt to me as has been done to another member.
However, as the constiution states that it must be reasonable that somebody is offended by my comments, I will not name names or point fingers.
It is not the fact that someone has been punished for breaking rules they didnt break, or that the punishment was made up and not anywhere in the constitution. The MAIN problem I have is that the procedures put in place to resolve issues like this were bipassed, and resulted in a severe punishment after only hearing one side of the story and that the league voted that this was okay, which sets a precedent for the future.
So now I am worried. My good friend is suffering, which breaks my heart, and makes me want to yell and scream and stamp my feet to get my point across. But then I think, what will happen to me? I am not a very important member, as in, I am only on one minor committee, I am not a star player, and my professional skills are never utilised. So who would care if something happened to me?
My friend (the one who is being punished) has spoken to me about her theory that it is two people in power who do not like her, for one reason or another, and have swayed others to paint her in a bad light. She has come to me on more than one occassion in tears because she found out someone she thought of as a friend hated her, and thought she was a bad person. I don't know why these two in power don't like her, perhaps she rubbed them the wrong way, but that does not give anyone the right to bipass rules and punish someone unjustly!
At the meeting, a member said that this desision had been made to protect all of the members, and we have to support our desision makers. I do not agree. How does setting a precedent for unjust and unlawful (according to their own constitution) punishment protect anyone?
Their claim is that my friend made statements that illuded to the league or it's members in a negetive, and offensive way, and they recieved several complaints. They had a responsibility to act on these claims and punish. But no, they didn't! If they had recieved complaints, the process which is in place states that the complainants should seek a grievance councillor, who will talk through and rectify the problem.
I know that many of these comments were not about the league or it's members. One of the people in charge stated that all the comments were made in response to emails and communications between them. But no! I was there when she wrote many messages, and on one occassion had just had a conversation about how Burlesque had just become the new "acceptable alternative" (you know, I do Burlesque oh-ho-ho aren't I soooooo cool.) and how lame it was that something so good was being tainted by untalented people. And about how her performances (fire breathing, angle grinding) were not in demand. There was NOTHING in or around that comment about ANY member of the league in question! Sure, the sentance before that commented on how much she missed attending training. But how is that negetive at all? One of the members tried to make it out that when she refered to "Fringe people" she was talking about the members, but no, she was talking about the organisers of the Fringe Festival not accepting her!
I went a bit off track there, but my point is that all these comments were taken out of context, proper procedure was not followed and now people are afraid to update their facebook.
In fact, I am sure that myself and one other member are going to have similar events happen to us because these two in power hate us as well, or even just hate us by association.
It's bullshit and it's corrupt and it's illegal.
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Piercings which are so stupid, it's bad for your health.

Now, we all know I work at a piercing place, so I know a thing or two about piercings. For instance, what will reject. All of the piercings I am listing here will either 100% of the time reject, cause you pain and generally not work (and therefore be a waste of money) OR they are just plain dangerous. It's all PG rated, so no rude bits here.

First off, finger and hand piercings.
Why are they such a bad idea? well, what do you use your hands for? Everything. picking up things, writing, washing dishes, driving, EVERYTHING! And what should you not do with a piercing? Touch it or knock it. These piercings are destined to fail from the beginning. It is an awful idea to get them, and if you do get them, you will be wasting your money and your time.
of course, they can heal up and be fine, in theory. That is, if you never use your hand for anything again for the rest of your life. But most people need to use their hands to, well, live.

Next: foot and ankle piercings.
Foot piercings. Again. friction = piercing death. and what do you use your feet for? walking. and wearing shoes. If you got these piercings you would NEVER BE ABLE TO WEAR SHOES AGAIN. apart from flip-flops, and i dont think your workplace would like that.

The above goes for surface piercings in other areas too. Think about it- if you have a bra strap/ belt/shoe/handbag/ANYTHING that rubs on the same area, DONT GET IT PIERCED!

Tonsil:
Now, my boss has informed me that this piercing is entirely possible, and it does heal quite well. HOWEVER. It is quite difficult to do (because of the fiddly nature of getting the tools and needle into your throat) and if done wrong can cause MASSIVE damage, so much so that you could have problems eating for the rest of your life. So, in short, dont bother. Plus, NOBODY can see it unless you do what the person in this photo is doing.

Eyelid piercings:
You can go blind. And not from the piercing needle, oh no. From blinking. You can go blind. And if not blind, irreparable damage can be done to your eye. Its your EYE. seriously. Stupidest Idea Ever. My boss refuses to do them because they are so freaking dangerous.

In addition to this, when you get your piercing make sure you CLEAN IT PROPERLY AND REGULARLY. If your piercing gets infected it can cause major health problems. Piercings can reject without being infected and yes, sometimes piercings take longer than 8 weeks to heal. They are not infected. A small lump is not an infection. If you have any issues or queries about your piercing PLEASE go to your piercer.

A piercing which bleeds constantly, leaks a custardy liquid either yellow or green COULD BE infected. If you think your piercing may be infected please GO BACK TO YOUR PIERCER. Because they know piercings better than a doctor. Doctors will tell you to take out your piercing even if you don't need to. If your piercer says to go to a doctor DO IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE.