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Originally Posted by Aliantha
I still don't see why it's graffiti though. It's an expression of a thought or feeling or emotion that you want to show whoever happens to look. It's no different to wearing earings or designer shoes.
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Interesting and pretty earrings and shoes exist. And like all such works, they get tired and replaced. Tattoos are permanent. I have never seen a pretty tattoo. Tattoos get old, tired, and black like a scar. One could scar their face and call that an expression to show. Why not?
Some spend $tens of thousands getting their whole body tattooed. Is it pretty because they are expressing themselves? Of course not. One who expresses responsibly also learns and advances with age. With age, their expression does not become a permanent black scar. The tattoo is permanent and stubborn - more like those who fear change, growth, and the advancement of mankind. Tattoos do say much about the person - as does drug addiction which also has the same productive effect. Tattoo says a lot about how one thinks and how one participates in the world.
I have never seen a pretty tattoo. If they were pretty, then the most pretty people would be those who invested $tens of thousands in full body tattoos. Instead they would invest in an education. Why does an inverse relationship exist between tattoos and education? Which does the smarter person invest $10,000?
Since they were so pretty and expression of 'who we were', then how many wear their leisure suites permanently?