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Originally posted by Gary Carlton
they are a valid means of self expression.
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I really don't want to start a war here (I may have already), but how many other ways are there to express one's self and to what end? What does one's self really want to project to others?
One may be an accomplished professional such as an architect and ride a Harley on weekends with tatoos on his otherwise unseen upper arms. Such an individual will undoubtedly experience the very subtle and very real glass ceiling in the establishment. Now this 'individual' may have little regard for the 'establishment,' and hence the small step out of the box. Right there is the crux of the matter. A little less regard for institution is an expression. A tatoo does an ample job of that. It kinda goes back to, "You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl." Now a famous play and movie was based on the wager that that wasn't true. Had the subject waif had a tatoo, it would have been no contest.
Who above said that plastic surgeons were busy with their lasers removing tatoos? Why? If there is really nothing about this, then why indeed?
Folks, I'm a liitle old fashioned and I know it. I'm not a radical conservative or Bible thumping zealot. I'm not even a decent Republican, although I will admit having grown up smack dab in the middle of that scene. I accept a lot of what's going on. I don't bash gays and I don't protest abortion clinics. I lead a quiet life and I have an opinion on the substance of people's background. That came out here. I debate for fun. If this is not fun, pay no attention to me.
But I'm not joining in and getting a tatoo.