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Dave Smith > wrote:

> On 20/12/2010 8:14 PM, Miche wrote:
>
> >> When someone is exposing them in public you really don't have much
> >> choice about seeing it.
> >
> > There's a difference between "Oh look, a tattoo" and then looking away
> > and making a performance about how disgusting and disfiguring it is,
> > even if it's just to yourself.
> >
> >> The way I figure it is that if someone gets the number and type of
> >> tattoos, piercings and other body mutilations to make themselves look
> >> like freaks, I reserve the right to look and react as if they are
> >> freaks. It is not like a strange skin condition, natural ugliness or
> >> accidental dismemberment. When you do something that is bound to attract
> >> attention you have to realize that you won`t always get the positive
> >> feedback. And let`s face it, the people with the most bizarre tats and
> >> mutilations are doing it for the shock value.
> >
> > All the more reason to react as though they're an ordinary person then,
> > no?
>
> Because they are probably unbalanced? I can take care of myself. I
> suppose that most people might have reason to fear them

Um, why? They're just people. And in my experience the ones I have to
fear most are the ones who look _just like anybody else_.

Miche

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