An ancient art becomes mainstream: The acceptance of tattoo art helps remove former stigma

Pacific Publishing Company ^ | July 26, 2006 | Dennis Wilken

[bannie]

:-)

[ZULU]

I see your point.

A BIG tatoo COULD help Helen Thomas - maybe. Like if it looked like a giant bull's eye.

[subterfuge]

OK< So the "Pay up sucker $$$" tat on the palm of his hand is interesting, but I'd never get one.

I heard him say that his "Pay up" tat was a mistake. I know he recently had the tat with his ex-wife's name removed, which is the number one reason people get them taken off--because it is no longer the right name! (they break up)

[Toby06]

He's sure proud of the mistake, than.

[subterfuge]

As for women, I find tattoos on them repulsive unless its quite small and discreet and even then I don't like them

Ha, ha! I take it you're not a fan of the "Tramp Stamp", just above the derrier? Man those are the worst!

[najida]

LOL!

"....well you see this Cobra on my left arm? I got it when I was trecking through the Sahara....there we were, no water and the camel had PMS and suddenly, over the horizon we saw....."

[subterfuge]

The growth industry in the 2010s and the 2020s will be tattoo removal

Accurate statement. It is already ramping up. I wrote a paper not long ago about this. In the Orlando area there are already 5 laser tattoo removal businesses.

[subterfuge]

His exact words were "that was pretty much a mistake." But it ain't like he's ashamed or anything. I like the dude's attitude--but I know some don't.

[ZULU]

I haven't seen that. I have seen those HUUUGGGE sprawling tattoos above the derriere and tattoos running all up the leg to God knows where.

Its disgusting.

Makes them look like a sailor or longshoreman with boobs.

Along with the feminization of the American male, we are being treated to the masculization of the American woman.

Guinevere is my ideel of what a woman should be - not some WWW champ with tattos all over her body.

[absolootezer0]

ok.. thats just hawt

[najida]

She is gorgeous, ain't she?

[absolootezer0]

yup. looks like she's almost as skinny as me too.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Or do what my daughter did and get a tattoo that only shows under black light.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

I'd consider getting a tattoo, except I'd be bored with it pretty quickly. Now, I've heard that an tattoo ink is being developed that fades way after 6 months to 2 years. That I might do. Maybe a caffeine molecule done in Celtic scrollwork.

[Wallace T.]

Add 20 years and/or 50-100 pounds and that tattoo will definitely not look attractive. Odds are she will get it removed before she is 40.

[To Hell With Poverty]

I want one of those! I'd love the NH motto "Live Free or Die" with the Old Man of the Mountain on my shoulder.....but not forever (just like the real thing, it'd have to come off someday)! ;)

Blacklight tattoos are a really cool idea too. Maybe the Gadsden snake crawling up my arm...

[subterfuge]

I haven't seen that. I have seen those HUUUGGGE sprawling tattoos above the derriere

That IS the tramp stamp my friend!

[SunkenCiv]

Bic makes that. ;')

[Mr. Jeeves]

I don't understand this "Think about how awful it will look in the nursing home!" mentality.

Neither do I, since in about thirty years every fact we think we know about aging today will have been overturned, nanotechnology will allow people to shape and resculpt their bodies any way they want (including simple tattoo removal) and average life spans are going to shoot up to 200 years or more.

This isn't the Fifties - the world is headed for profound changes and the old "rules" about things like tattoos are simply irrelevant today.

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1109463/posts?page=3

Altai Princess tattoo - posted by blam.

Body decoration/disfigurement has a very long history in numerous cultures and takes many forms...the study of which tells us something about the peoples that practised it. Perhaps the unadorned were once upon a time seen as primitive or barbarian?