Comments on: Eye on the Street

By: FM Fats

FM Fats — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:46:46 +0000

Do you need a Wells Fargo tattoo to cover up the Wachovia tattoo that you got to cover up the First Union tattoo that you got to cover up the Decatur Federal tattoo?

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:24:35 +0000

Re pre-war American tattoos: Popeye had one. My grandmother dated a merchant marine with one but then married my grandfather while the tattooed boyfriend was off to sea. My grandmother aspired to move up from immigrant to middle class and somehow a milkman working for Borden worked better for her than a sailor with a tattoo.

The color palate of tattoos doesn’t work for me. They always look too dark and sinister even if they consist of hearts, baby Cupids, and flowers. Indian henna designs are a whole other thing. Henna is gorgeous, IMHO.

But I have to admit that I confound gangs, tattoos, needletracks, and Charles Manson in my subconscious.

Next: my feelings about multiple body piercings……………

By: Al

Al — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:47:27 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend that anyone get a tattoo before the age of, say, 25. Unless they never go out in the sun, or they get it on a body part that is always covered. What the sun does to an intricately-detailed sleeve is not pretty.

The association of tattoos with gangs is a sad remnant of post-war America. Tattoos have been a part of cultures all over the world for millennia. They were popular among non-gang members in the US for most of our country’s history.

Everyone has their reasons for getting them. Many of those reasons are awesome. Some just make you want to scream, “How could NOT think that at some point in your life that you might regret that in a big way?” Just do a search on “bad tattoos.”

By: The Walrus

The Walrus — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:30:05 +0000

Well stated, my Libertarian friend.

By: DEM

DEM — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:27:21 +0000

As you well know Walrus, our government has imposed upon us many tens of thousands of pages of regulations promulgated and enforced by an army of government employees wielding vast power over the private economy, very often with minimal oversight or accountability. And yet, to listen to the proponents of these regulations, the problems of inequality, poverty, environmental degradation, etc. not only persist, but are actually getting worse. Oddly, the solution to those problems is, in their view . . . more regulation.

There’s room for disagreement about the effectiveness of our vast regulatory state, but one thing beyond dispute: it makes Washington DC very rich. I was just there 2 weeks ago and the ostentatious displays of wealth are everywhere. Honestly, it made Buckhead seem like a modern-day Hooverville by comparison.

Oh, also, I agree w/AMB on tats. But, to each his/her own.