ripper_bd Wrote:Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but don't you think "hideous" is a bit strong? I've seen some that are less than attractive, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that.
You're right, it's an opinion, and my opinion is that they are hideous. Which is why I will never get one. Just because I don't like them. Just because I don't want them, doesn't mean that
YOU can't like them or want them.
This isn't a moral issue. This isn't a matter of right and wrong. This is a matter of
TASTE.
Quote:The tattoo has been a part of world culture for thousands of years and I think it's a little unfair to dismiss it like that.
Slavery has been a part of world culture for thousands of years too . . . it still is. But slavery
is a moral issue, tattoos aren't. Tattoos
CAN become a moral issue, but only if some people try to force their views on others by forbidding them to have tattoos . . . or by forcing them to
GET tattoos. And then we are getting into the issue of slavery. Because, when someone else can tell you what you may or may not do with your own body, they are de-facto claiming a property right in -- and ownership of -- your body. And I call that slavery. And I
HATE slavery . . . and not just when
I am enslaved, but when
ANYBODY is enslaved.
I detest tattoos, but if somebody tries to tell you that you can't have them, then I'm firmly in your corner. It's your body . . . not theirs!
As long as you do not forcibly interfere with anyone else's right to live their life as they choose, no one has any business interfering with your right to live your life as you choose.
Just because I don't like it, doesn't mean that you can't do it.
Quote:I understand that they are not everyone's cup of tea (sorry, that was a little British of me!) and I respect that. I apologise, I just had to get that off of my chest...
Rant over.
-BD
Good rant BD.
NOW! Let's find an issue where we
DO agree shall we?
Ken V.