On Dec 20, 8:15*pm, Miche > wrote:
> In article >,
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> *sf > wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:06 +1300, Miche > wrote:
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> > > In article
> > > >,
> > > *none of your business > wrote:
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> > > > Tattoos and piercings have no health benefit, no cultural mandate in
> > > > general US culture (I realize some native tribes mandate it... I'm not
> > > > talking about that). For the general public, tattoos and piercings are
> > > > "self-expression". And in my opinion, they are nothing more than
> > > > permanent disfigurement. You wanna disfigure your body, be my guest,
> > > > but don't make me have to look at it.
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> > > Who's holding you down and forcing you to look at tattoos? *Shouldn't
> > > your beef be with them rather than the tattooed people?
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> > When people walk around with tattoos on every part of their body,
> > including their faces, it's hard to ignore... especially when they are
> > shirtless or in short sleeves and wearing shorts or a bathing suit.
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> As I said above, I can note the existence of a tattoo and then ignore it
> from then on. *I don't have to give the tattooed person a disgusted look
> or say anything or anything like that. *They're just a person.
>
> Miche
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> Electricians do it in three phases

"just a person" who has chosen to disfigure themselves and make a
spectacle out of their appearance.
They want the attention, negative or positive. If they wanted to be
"just a person", they wouldn't have mutilated themselves where
everyone can see it.

I'm not going to continue this discussion. We disagree. I find it
repulsive. I look away and try to hold down my lunch. We were having a
discussion, I thought an intelligent one, and I expressed my opinion.
You expressed yours. Done.
Go be "just a person" with disfiguring marks on your body. You choose
to disfigure yourself. I choose to look away so I don't vomit on you.
My choice to be repulsed by your choice to mutilate and disfigure
yourself is equally valid.