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[Made in the USA]

My Son is a firefighter. I think he has a mural tattooed on his "big hose"!

[TigerEyes]

Originally Posted by Made in the USA

My Son is a firefighter. I think he has a mural tattooed on his "big hose"!

I've seen a few guys with maltese cross tattoos that say "Find 'em hot, leave 'em wet!"

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by TigerEyes

I've seen a few guys with maltese cross tattoos that say "Find 'em hot, leave 'em wet!"

Yeah, his e-mail address is something about "burning rubber and screaming women"!!

[tat2me82]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

Wow.......sure got quiet around here from the "other side of the isle".....perhaps they are out getting the metal taken out their face....lol

you're cleverness leaves me speechless sometimes


Besides the fact of not being online, it's pretty obvious that either of us are willing to budge on our opinions. So there's no use to keep going at it. You feel body modifications are not becoming the norm in the "professional" world and I say they are.

[tat2me82]

Originally Posted by TigerEyes

You missed the point of my post.

Facial piercings aren't allowed, but not because it wouldn't be professional. They're not allowed out of safety concerns. And I didn't say anything about tattoos. I know many firefighters with visible tattoos.

[tat2me82]

Originally Posted by Detector

Like tattoos, a person can go overboard. I've seen many tasteful tattoos but even though tattoos have been around for ages when a person goes to extremes they become an oddity. Personally, the only tasteful piercing I've seen are for earrings. And not the 10lb chunk of metal or the quarter sized cork in a hole.

I know some work places that require you to cover up all tattoos. I see some people wearing long sleeve shirts on 100+ degree days. Where should an employer draw the line between offending patrons and suppressing self-expression? As I said tattoos have been around for ages yet some people are still offended by them. You can imagine how long it will be before wearing a barbell in your nose becomes excepted.

Don't psychiatrist have a name for people who have a need for self-mutilation? j/k

***Time to turn up the heat***

I'm hip to this whole "I've got to express myself and be unique like everyone else" fad. Hell I was a rebel in high school. I can remember intentionally wearing blue jeans and a teeshirt thinking that'll teach d-man. Screw the system! And I can understand some tattooing. I see tattooing a bit different than piercing.

Basic Training was a life changing experience for me and since I was in Charlie Company, getting a tattoo of Charlie Brown, the mascot, would have made some sense. Now getting that tattoo on my forehead would have been leaning more toward a need for attention. Thats why the whole poking wholes in your head thing escapes me. Self expression? Someone needs to explain that one too me. I see those barbells in peoples tongues and just think what the hell were they thinking? Really good drugs would be my guess. I can't think of any other rational reason to poke holes in my tongue.

And I can understand some people have a need for self-expression and to be different, its just the whole self-mutilation thing I'm missing. If you want to express yourself and be different take one day out of the week and paint over the graffiti all over town. Go to the Mall and open the door for old people. Go pickup all the trash off the street in your neighborhood. Point is there are many many ways to "express ones self" and "be different" beside poking holes in yourself and a lot less potentially dangerous. For this reason I get the feeling this self-mutilation is less a way of self-expression and more a way of saying "Hey, look at me!"

I still don't understand why it's still being referred to as self mutilation???
As for self-expression is it so hard to fathem that maybe some of us do it, just because... No other reason but shits & giggles?? That's where most of the work I've done came from... no other reason than just because...

We all have different things we're into obviously, hobbies etc piercings & tattoos just happen to be mine. Maybe if some people took some time out to read up on it, realize how far the industry has come, the advances being made etc. you might not find it to be so bad and actually gain respect for some of these people. It's not all about self expression, and "poking holes in yourself", and the need for attention, but it seems most of you don't want to get past that. The attention comes with the territory. I'm fully aware that when I pierce my face people are bound to stare, but I don't mind it.

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by tat2me82

I still don't understand why it's still being referred to as self mutilation???

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mu·ti·late /ˈmyutlˌeɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[myoot-l-eyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

you do that to your self hence it's self mutilation

Changing the terminology doesn't change the act.

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by tat2me82

I'm fully aware that when I pierce my face people are bound to stare, but I don't mind it.

That's great.

So what's the problem if Army or I say it's still not accepted as a norm?

Or if we ask for a different server so we don't have to look at it?

If you accept the stare why not accept it all?

[Gunner75]

Wordy

You will ask for a different server, but don't mind someone standing next to you with a kid sucking on a **$, uncovered? What about at the table next to you at a diner with your wife and kids?

You drop it and I will stop. You don't, and the game has started. I have stood idle long enough. This is not a threat in any way shape or form, just a heads up.

I have said I am sorry, and asked for it to be removed. It hasn't stopped yet, that is your choice.

At your request, I didn't darken your PM's anymore. I did publicly say I was sorry.

[jackknife]

I didn't get quiet because I think you are right. I got quiet because frankly, I don't care if you believe me or not. Obviously we have had different experiences and I'm not going to try to convince you of that. I don't care that much.

Plus, I'm a very hard worker and rarely take breaks when I have a deadline looming. Finished up an hour or so ago so I thought I'd check back in here.