Why are people so judgemental about tattoos? | Thread profile

Even people who claim they like tattoos are ridiculously judgmental about it. Some people think all tattoos have to mean something, like we all have foreign prayers written all over our backs like Angelina Jolie. Some people get angry at the idea of tramp stamps and flash tattoos. I don't like tramp stamps either, but I don't consider a bad tattoo a basis for dismissing a person. I really ...

Is this really a political issue?

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:28 -- In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is your mother's womb.

*if you're Jewish. Jesus got rid of those rules, no? -- "I understand you called my ex-wife. I want you to know that, campaign aside, politics aside, you ever do anything like that again, anything against a person in my family, I will personally beat the shit out of you." John McCain

Personally, I think "tramp stamps" are sexy. -- "I understand you called my ex-wife. I want you to know that, campaign aside, politics aside, you ever do anything like that again, anything against a person in my family, I will personally beat the shit out of you." John McCain

I think it's because you touch yourself at night. -- "We can't stop here! This is bat country!" -- Hunter S. Thompson

I would say so. I wasn't arguing my position, simply stating the Judeo-Christian objection. -- In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is your mother's womb.

I don't pay much attention to people with tattoo's ( I have 7) unless they are incredibly stupid. I once saw a person with "Fuck" on the back of his left arm and "You" on the back of his right arm. -- "If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe" – Kerry Thornley, The introduction to the Principia Discordia

Regardless, it seems more tied up in some long forgotten ancestor worshipping ritual anyway; I can't see why there would be any objection to modern day tattooing. -- In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is your mother's womb.

Fair enough. -- "I understand you called my ex-wife. I want you to know that, campaign aside, politics aside, you ever do anything like that again, anything against a person in my family, I will personally beat the shit out of you." John McCain