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Old 08-08-09 | 10:45 AM
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elTwitcho
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Originally Posted by cord13
no, he is exactly right. no one looks at tatoos and piercings and thinks "what an inviting look, he must be polite and friendly". any smart person would know what they were in for when they started.

I personally have no problems with tatoos and piercings, but they do still have a stigma in society and will cause many people, myself included, to make assumptions.
Read what he posted again. "You got what you wanted". It's an unfortunate characteristic of some people in his generation that they can be so fantastically self absorbed as to think the only reason anyone would do something is to elicit a response out of them, but outside of baby boomer delusion land you'll find that most people aren't thinking about what reaction other people are going to have when they get dressed in the morning, or chose their haircut, or get body modifications.

Being part of the dominant clique in society neither excuses nor condones your ignorance either. It would be similar to you coming downtown and having ten of us confront you in a bar saying "We don't like you old pricks coming down here with your khakis and polos, get the **** out of here" and us justifying our behavior by saying "Well, they got exactly what they wanted wearing those clothes". It's idiotic and juvenile (which is ironic because it comes from old people more often than not).

So I reiterate, it's an incredibly stupid and self absorbed opinion to hold.
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