Your mum and dad are totally wrong.
If Poppas found no sensation, he would have no way to reverse the operation.
While talking about beauty, you can't miss to discuss about the by default beautiful creature of god — women.
Watch the Turkish soaps and operas if you have any doubt about it.
Some will tease you or act annoying.
One of the poorest arguments I hear touted is in the free will debate, from the libertarian camp: 'but if we don't have free will, then that means murderers aren't responsible for their actions', which is not a refutation but an expression of the libertarian's dislike of the consequences.