[Krimel to Khaled regarding tattoos] Some of the baby that gets toss with the theological bathwater is stuff like the body is the temple of the Lord. I wouldn't mind getting that one back out of the yard
[Arlo] Can't resist jumping in here. For me, the art of tattooing is precisely because the body is a "temple". They can be healing, transformational and breathtaking. I've seen tattoos that rank up there with the best "art" I've seen. [Krimel] Tattooing is one of those things that tend to be universal among people across time and space. But let's just call this one of those things we agree to disagree about. People are free to do what ever they want to do and I say God bless them for it. But a fern growing out of even the shapeliest rear end still says Stamp Tramp. There is no more reliable indicator of aconvenience store career path than love and hate on the knuckles. To me nothing says shit for brain like ink. And I firmly believe there is an inverse relationship between surface area inked and cortical volume. It is a permanent change based a temporary whim. I see the arms of WWII vets where all that art and solidarity have blurred into blue-black smudges that even plastic surgeons can not remove. I am fully aware that this is nothing more than old fuddy duddy's prejudice but all that spiritualizing of self mutilation rings a bit hollow in my world. About the only thing you said that make sense in my view is that ink does send a loud signal, a bit like Bill Engvall's, "Here's your sign." moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
