Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz

Not to bring down the wrath of tattoo nation, but I quite agree. A discrete "USMC" tattoo is probably ok. My diving instructor in Aruba was an American ex-pat and had a little barking seal on his forearm. Given his provenance, there was no way I was gonna argue with the guy about that one. (I thanked him for his service to our country, and he told me that it was the first time since he'd returned from Vietnam that anyone had done that - this was about 1995).

A tattoo on a pretty woman is like graffiti on a Ferrari. But then again, I'm (old, married, don't get out much) not the target market of the kids getting tattoos. I have a right to have my own aesthetic sense, but live and let live.