Ema Nymton wrote:
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> Prisons will photograph the tattoos on inmates. This one prison in
> Texas, had the photographs in a binder.

That's the reason my Dad taught me to oppose tattoos. They are used for
prisoner identication. I didn't even think about that until high
school. What if I never end up a criminal? At the time I must have
thought he meant that having a tattoo identified a person as a criminal.
That concept didn't wrok well with the WWII veterans in the neighborhood.

Some folks don't like tattoos. It's a common feeling in many groups.
Thus to get a tattoo is to knowingly have problems with that set of
people. Other folks don't care about tattoos. It too is a common
feeling in many groups. Thus to get a tattoo is to knowingly put a
limit on yourself. Maybe that's why I've never bothered to get one so
far.