In article
>,
none of your business > wrote:

> On Dec 20, 8:15*pm, Miche > wrote:
> > In article >,
> >
> >
> >
> > *sf > wrote:
> > > On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:06 +1300, Miche > wrote:
> >
> > > > In article
> > > > >,
> > > > *none of your business > wrote:
> >
> > > > > 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.
> >
> > > > Who's holding you down and forcing you to look at tattoos? *Shouldn't
> > > > your beef be with them rather than the tattooed people?
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> "just a person" who has chosen to disfigure themselves and make a
> spectacle out of their appearance.

So what?

> 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.

They're still just a person. And if they're craving attention, as you
claim, aren't you just feeding what you see as their dysfunction by
giving it to them?

> 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.

Cool.

> 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.

What the heck ever. I'm certainly not spending thousands of dollars to
have my personal, meaningful body art removed just because you don't
like it.

Miche

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