>> Ike wrote: >> No I can appreciate the girl, just not the tattoo. >>
> You don't know that she wanted to appear rebellious > especially since she got the tattoo in a place easy > to cover up. I'd say it's more of an accessory or > body art rather than rebellious - tattoos are very > mainstream now and don't look that rebellious. It's a generalization... For a lot of young adults, now becoming middle-aged it's still true, because their model for rebellion is anything that pisses off their parents who were in my parents generation. My dad was a hippie and a cool guy when he wasn't beating my mother or threatening suicide... My mom was a hippie, but had completely lost her mind by the time of my earliest recollections of my relationship with her and had become ... mormonized, although that's not really her problem. But it did mean that she was/is very prudish. There are still a lot of people in my parents generation who look down on body art whether they're wanna-be hippies who sold-out like my mother or like my uncle simply always aspired to be a litigious, materialistic fuck in a neck-tie that makes them look as though they shot their couch. It's common to see the daughters of those people (who are still on the waiting list for the operation to remove the stick from their ass) use body art as a way of rebelling against the things their parents represent even though they don't hang-out with the body-art crowd and know nothing about it. So they run out and they get some horribly predictable ink and say "look, see, you can't control me, it's my life, and I'm a rebel! <giggle>". The giggle at the end of course betrays the reality of their situation. > Maybe the teardrop one or a screaming demon on your > forehead, but otherwise it's more art than attitude. For people who've grown up in a reasonably liberal environment sure... But there are still people in our generation and younger who've grown up with up-tight parents. Children of the religious right for example. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162182 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
