That's part of their culture though. I guess somehow our culture doesn't include stretched piercings. Maybe having a grandfather that was a full-blooded Yaqui doesn't mean that I feel a connection to my ancestors when I follow in the tradition of body modifications. Maybe the general public is just a group of idiots. I'm opting for the latter.
People obviously have no idea what culture really means.
That means from the nullos to the nazis, we all share the same culture. We are all one. And I don't mean just the unmodified versus the modified or vice versa. Modifications were never a contest and they never will be. It will always be an expression of self.