[aculeus]

Little logic lesson: Saying these procedures led to depression does not say these people were mentally healthy prior to the surgery.

You can't possibly believe that these mutilations had no effect on their psyches.

Or can you?

[Mr. Mojo]

That was precisely the point of my post. Read it again.

[Mr. Mojo]

lol.....or perhaps I should read YOUR post again.

You can't possibly believe that these mutilations had no effect on their psyches

I'm sure they did. But for anyone to do this to themselves they'd have to be pretty messed up to begin with. Disagree?

[mabelkitty]

What don't you get?
Mental illness manifests itself in many ways - some do drugs, some commit suicide, etc.
It wouldn't have made a difference if these people got the surgery or not - they would have continued to self-focus and destory themselves eventually, only it would have been by the own hand and it wouldn't result in newspaper article.