<p>“I would very much like to here what religions or philosophies embrace a “yes” to that question.”</p>
<p>Unfortunately, they do, in terms of prejudice and discrimination, and often it is yes. The Senate passed ENDA anti discrimination legislation, and the house, thanks to John Boehner, refused to even allow it to come up for a vote, and several religious groups were outspoken in wanting it defeated, and the US Catholic Bishops basically came out in favor of it not being passed. ENDA covers LGBT people, and would be a way of protecting gays from the discrimination that is still legal in most states in this country, and I would love for them to reconcile that with their stance of hating the sin but loving the sinner. I am not advocating laws protecting everything, it would be silly, but when I am advocating personally is we get to the point where we don’t need laws, which we unfortunately do need. Even with laws people get discriminated against by people who can’t see past their bigotry, </p>
<p>@ cosmicfish-
Your comment about being nice to one another reminds me of a line in Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, where he talks about the earth, who mentions that once there was a man who preached that it would be a good thing to be nice to each other, and he was killed as a result…</p>
<p>Oh no! Tattoo-hater here and I think I see one on my son’s right thigh, on his social media page. No wonder he was wearing sweat pants around the house on an 80 degree day last week. </p>
<p>I don’t care for tattoo for myself, heck I work hard to keep my skin in beautiful condition at my age, why ruin it? My girls have no desire so far for tattoo, but I think the youngest one could potentially be the one that wants one in the future. She was the one that wants ear piercing under 16 and I said no, she has to be over 16 to make that decision.
I think it’s advantageous for bums to have big tattoo because I normally don’t give money to bums, I don’t like to encourage begging, but recently I think it must be my unconscious bias to tattoos that I had to give this bum some money. He had huge tattoo in his forearm. I think I made the quick decision to give him money because I didn’t want any trouble with him. So I judged!</p>
<p>I don’t want him to know we are watching his social media site, so we won’t say anything. We’ll make him “sweat it out”. He does have a triathlon at the end of this month, and he knows we are coming to watch him, so hiding it can’t go on much longer. </p>
<p>toledo - when he finds out that you know, what are you expecting or even hoping to happen? Do you think he will be ashamed or do you think he is just trying to avoid upsetting you? And why do you think he is “sweating it out?” Do you have some tangible punishment to levy on him for making decisions with which you disagree?</p>
<p>He may just have an odd fashion sense.
Around here hipsters are still wearing their knitted beanies and it is at least in the mid to upper '70’s</p>
<p>If it’s on his thigh, why would he need sweats? Don’t most guy shorts go down to knees? Why not wear jeans? Surely more comfortable than sweats.</p>
<p>Thats what I was thinking too romani.
Sounds like it isnt in a place where it would be noticeable when applying for a job, unless he is going to model underwear.
But in that case a tattoo would likely * help him * get the job.
Just google tattoo underwear models, all the fashion houses use them.</p>
<p>I know someone who just got a(nother) tattoo that she was very excited about. Unfortunately it’s become infected, with scarring expected. At least she didn’t ignore the rash, because it was on the verge of being a systemic staph infection. But to think you are going to have a pretty tattoo in a delicate area – and to end up with a nasty scar instead …</p>
<p>@cnp55 - infection and scarring are always a risk with tattoos, albeit generally a quite small one. They usually result from a combination of two factors - a poor or unclean artist, and someone not properly caring for a new tattoo. Regardless, unless it is the kind of infection that requires significant medical intervention, it should be recoverable. The non-scarred tissue will look just like it would have, and the scars themselves will show as lighter lines or patches within the tattoo, which can be largely (though not completely) addressed in touch up. Outside of convention-type settings, artists generally touch up tattoos for free anyway, as uneven healing usually results in a need for a few repairs.</p>
<p>I had a tattoo that scarred - all my fault, at the time I did not realize how my exercise routine was impacting the newly tattooed area and damaged it. Before the touch-up there were pale lines running all through it, but afterwards you basically needed to run your hands over it to feel the faint scar lines because you couldn’t see them. And with the awareness of what I did wrong and the fact that touch-up are much less damage to the skin, the second healing process was without issue.</p>
I think that is THE tangible punishment plan. </p>