She was a kid who, along with some other kids, did a stoopid thing, in that way kids sometimes do. I think the idea that she's 'stealing' from the State of Oregan is a deeply uncharitable, unforgiving and downright unkind attitude.
And calling this 'cosmetic' is just getting out of it on a technicality. Cutting into a perfectly servicable face in order to change/improve it is cosmetic. We need faces. They're how we meet the world.
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