{"id":1634,"date":"2009-03-14T23:41:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T07:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2009-03-15T11:34:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T19:34:41","slug":"the-ethics-of-hair-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-ethics-of-hair-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethics of Hair Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fergie is rocking* some unfortunate new hair extensions, but that’s not the worst of it. In the March issue of Allure magazine, you can learn about the business<\/a> of hair extensions, and you will never feel the same about them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Venkateshwara Temple, at Tirumala in the south Indian State of Andhra Pradesh, is thought to attract more pilgrims than Jerusalem, Rome or Mecca.<\/p>\n

Over 18 million devotees visit every year to pay their respects to an incarnation of Vishnu; the God that Hindus believe protects and sustains all that is good in society.<\/p>\n

Every day, 12,000 pilgrims have their heads shaved by barbers in two great halls of the temple, which is India’s richest. The offering of hair is a sacred act, a gift of thanks to the Lord.<\/p>\n

The hair of Indian women and girls is said to be the most beautiful in the world, and it is collected at the temple to be sold to middlemen, who then sell it again to companies that distribute it throughout the world. It is dyed 56 different colors and then resold to companies that sell it to your hairdresser.<\/p>\n

The notion of someone sacrificing her hair in an act of devotion, only to have it end up attached to Fergie’s head, is repellent and grotesque, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

The only way to offset this moral blunder is to donate time or money to Locks of Love<\/a> each time you get hair extensions.<\/p>\n

If only all moral blunders could be solved so easily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"