Originally Posted by Shannow
I don't consider any person with a tattoo to be "stupid", or have any sort of mental defect...am designing my first tattoo over the last few years, which I WILL be getting at some stage.
That is where we differ. If someone spends hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to willfully and purposefully disfigure their face and body with ink, along with metal studs in their nose, lips, tongue, and ears. All of which will make it far more difficult, if not impossible for them to get good paying employment, they easily could have gotten without all that stupid nonsense, then YES, that easily fits into my definition of committing a stupid act. And smart people do not purposefully commit stupid acts. And in the process handicap themselves, and make their lives more difficult to live both socially and economically by doing it.
That said, they have every right to do what they want in that regard. It's not a crime to commit stupid acts. Even if you have to pay someone to have them done to you. People do it all the time. I like most people, could care less. But I have zero sympathy for them. And would question their mental state, like most employers do, for having done it in the first place.
And for the record, there is a difference between a small tattoo on an inconspicuous part of the body, that can be easily covered up with clothing, and what I have just described. Back to sex, drugs, and alcohol. Just because a little is good, doesn't mean more is better, and too much is just enough. But like most everything that is done in excess, there are usually negative consequences for doing it. And the fact is they are the one's who will be forced to live with those consequences. Regardless if they like it or not. And agree or not, that is a very large price to pay for being stupid.
