Thread: Interesting Tattoo

Originally Posted by Sprint

i generally dont mind tats, but i'm f*****d if i know whats with the female obsession with lower back tattoos? you know, tramp stamps?

My wife has a lower back tattoo . She doesn't walk around showing it off and she is far from being a tramp .

Originally Posted by Fusion

My wife has a lower back tattoo . She doesn't walk around showing it off and she is far from being a tramp .

Nevertheless, that is the perjorative term applied to them. Google it.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Nevertheless, that is the perjorative term applied to them. Google it.

Hi Ron . I know that is the so called name for that tattoo area . I just don't like the name itself .

Originally Posted by CraigE

Dobbo,
Sorry to burst your bubble

There are many of us that see it as a freedom of expression or art. That does not make us bad or cheap people.

No it doesn't, but peoples 1st impressions portray you as

Originally Posted by CraigE

It is a big decision to get a tattoo and one that should have long and considerable thought put into it and yes there are some crap ones around. Too many kids rush into getting a tat and do regret it.

And why is this?

Originally Posted by CraigE

Ultimately I would not get one on normally publically exposed body parts, but thats a personal choice.

And why not? If there is nothing to hide about your 'art' why not show the world, or are you scared you'll get descriminated because of them?

Originally Posted by CraigE

Nice that you seem to tar everyone with the same brush, so a lot of our military personnel, ex pow's, athletes and tribal indigenous people are all cheap and tacky for having tats?

I don't,

Originally Posted by CraigE

This is not about arguing your opinion, you are entitled to it and not to like tatoos, but you are not entitled to slur people on their personal decisions that have absolutely nothing to do with you.
It shows very poor taste (I could easily get insulting and personal here, but that would not be right) to have to take an argument to a personal level, for no valid reason and not keep it on the merits of fact.

So would you prefer I wrote nice tats, and thought insulting thoughts or would you prefer to hear my views and address them?

Originally Posted by CraigE

Look forward to your next post as no doubt you will have something insulting to say, but this is where I leave it in context to your posts.

Originally Posted by CraigE

Not a big fan of scarification or self mutilation, but each to their own and as long as they are happy to live with the results and consequences of their actions. Like has been said a lot of this has been going on for hundreds, even thousands of years.

Why is this different to your Tattoos?

Originally Posted by twitchy

Dobbo,
Plenty of people with a much higher than yours or mine have tattoos.
To Judge some one by the fact they have ink would be like judging you by the way you seem to steal oxygen............

Think you need a nebuliser, your gasping so much you've missed a few words in your post. Go plant a tree.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Nevertheless, that is the perjorative term applied to them. Google it.

Exactly

you are entitled to it and not to like tatoos, but you are not entitled to slur people on their personal decisions that have absolutely nothing to do with you.

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And this is the same with any topic. You know what best for yourself, but thats were it ends !

Bruce.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Nevertheless, that is the perjorative term applied to them. Google it.

In the not so distant past we had pejorative names for indigenous people, homosexuals and the mentally ill. Most of us now find these names offensive and inappropriate.

Here is your chance to get ahead of the curve and put "tramp stamps" in that category as well.

Originally Posted by dobbo

And why not? If there is nothing to hide about your 'art' why not show the world, or are you scared you'll get descriminated because of them?

Because we do not define ourselves by our tattoo(s) and feel no need to wear them publicly.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Why is this different to your Tattoos?

IMO, some sub-cultures would get tattoos (eg bikies) to prove how tough they were cause they allegedly hurt. Now that middle-class softies like me have a tattoo they no longer have this meaning and therefore new ways to prove your toughness are required by those people who need to do so. So the scarring and branding are different from tattoos as they are a result of a very different motivation.

Originally Posted by DiscoStew

In the not so distant past we had pejorative names for indigenous people, homosexuals and the mentally ill. Most of us now find these names offensive and inappropriate.

Here is your chance to get ahead of the curve and put "tramp stamps" in that category as well.

It'll die out in a few years.