So any silly act can be excused by “that’s the way we’ve always done it!” - you know, kind of like Democrats continually electing Democrats to run cities.
Yes.
Piercing baby girl’s ears is common among Caucasian people of several ethnic groups, too-mine were pierced when I was 3-4 days old, and one of my aunts pierced my daughter’s ears at 3 days of age-I’m Hispanic-all the girls in our family had ears pierced a few days after birth-mostly so that everyone seeing the kid would know it is a female child because she is wearing earrings.
I had two more piercings of my ears done later as an adult when it first became fashionable-I still wear 3 earrings in each ear-but I’m not into other body parts being pierced...
Ear piercing is nothing compared to circumcising baby boys-but it is a Jewish religious custom that goes back thousands of years and is mentioned in the Bible, and I respect Jewish custom. Most of my family members do not/have not have/had their boy babies circumcised-but we are Catholic, not Jewish...