06-11-2020, 03:33 PM
I don't know if it is peculiar to my town or to the region, but when I went to Wal*Mart I noticed that of the people not wearing masks, almost all had tattoos. Tattoos aren't cheap, but to get the most use out of them (in short value for the money) one needs to survive long enough. Once buried or cremated, the owner of the tattoo can no longer display his prize possession of 'skin art'. Unlike an antique, a car, or a more conventional canvas one can't bequeath it to an heir. (OK, people with White Power slogans or imagery -- I once saw the obscenity S--- H--- across someone's knuckles... well, I won't mess that).
If they truly cherish their tattoos they would be wise to take the normal precautions that most of us take... as in hand-washing frequently, social distancing, and of course wearing masks.
If they truly cherish their tattoos they would be wise to take the normal precautions that most of us take... as in hand-washing frequently, social distancing, and of course wearing masks.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.