Comments on: Forever in Ink http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 14:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151981 archangel Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:33:50 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151981 Weightman, that was truly funny. <br><br>I've had two tats in my lifetime, not for prying eyes, but private ones. It's a ritual and a tradition. There are sacred reasons and some have profane or drunken or reckless reasons for getting tats, or not. <br><br>Just like making love, like writing, like anything else, there are understandings about tats that run cheap, and understandings that run deep. You'd have to talk to a true tat aficianado to hear the stories that aren't written in the media, or like my friend Maladome from the Dagara tribe... it's an entire thought system rooted in culture, not something tacked on as a 'fun' insanity<br><br>it's rare to read in pop news about people dedicated to the nuances and agonies and ecstasies of body art and bod mod<br><br>dr.e Weightman, that was truly funny.

I've had two tats in my lifetime, not for prying eyes, but private ones. It's a ritual and a tradition. There are sacred reasons and some have profane or drunken or reckless reasons for getting tats, or not.

Just like making love, like writing, like anything else, there are understandings about tats that run cheap, and understandings that run deep. You'd have to talk to a true tat aficianado to hear the stories that aren't written in the media, or like my friend Maladome from the Dagara tribe… it's an entire thought system rooted in culture, not something tacked on as a 'fun' insanity

it's rare to read in pop news about people dedicated to the nuances and agonies and ecstasies of body art and bod mod

dr.e

]]> By: AustinRoth http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151980 AustinRoth Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:17:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151980 Good response at Hit and Run: <a href="http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127690.html">http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127690.html</a> Good response at Hit and Run: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127690.html

]]> By: Weightman http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151979 Weightman Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151979 Given the feverish hyper-partisanship that abounds today, I'm surprised that people don't have their political affiliations or candidates embossed on their skin. <br><br>One thing's for sure, you'll never find a donkey on my ass. Given the feverish hyper-partisanship that abounds today, I'm surprised that people don't have their political affiliations or candidates embossed on their skin.

One thing's for sure, you'll never find a donkey on my ass.

]]> By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151978 pacatrue Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:11:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151978 Tatoos also have a long tradition in many cultures and subcultures. Are people forgetting the future by getting tatooed or participating in the long traditions of their past to carry them forward? Tatoos also have a long tradition in many cultures and subcultures. Are people forgetting the future by getting tatooed or participating in the long traditions of their past to carry them forward?

]]> By: PSoTD http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151977 PSoTD Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:25:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151977 I really don't think that guys that promote their appearance as a latter-day Waldo - you know, a cartoon character - really should be focusing on appearance as an issue OR an analogy, most particularly because of a lack of visible credibility. And based on his editorial efforts of the last several years, there's a real question of his intellectual credibility as well.<br><br>Ugh. Just ugh. I really don't think that guys that promote their appearance as a latter-day Waldo – you know, a cartoon character – really should be focusing on appearance as an issue OR an analogy, most particularly because of a lack of visible credibility. And based on his editorial efforts of the last several years, there's a real question of his intellectual credibility as well.

Ugh. Just ugh.

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/21229/forever-in-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-151976 Silhouette Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/social-commentary/21229/forever-in-ink/#comment-151976 Yes, things that seem like a neat idea one day are best looked at over the span of 20 years or more....the longterm repercussions..<br><br>Excellent advice. Yes, things that seem like a neat idea one day are best looked at over the span of 20 years or more….the longterm repercussions..

Excellent advice.

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