"The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> [I posted this prior but it seems appropriate with the topic being
> discussed again. -- TR]
>
> Being conservative, I'm often shocked at what people will do to their
> bodies in order to show how anti-establishment they are. Case in point:
> Once upon a time, a young lady in front of me ordered a hot soy milk
> drink. (YUCK!)
>
> At some point, she was quite pretty -- I'm sure -- but with all that's
> been pinned, painted, and pulled that's now a moot. I'm not sure if
> "Goth" is in anymore but the dress was very similar -- black (spandex,
> leather, cotton). She'd pinned herself in some very visible and some not
> so visible places (but it was cold outside). A triad of steel pins
> protruded from the lower lip to just above the chin. Two diamonds were
> pinned through the right nostril. A steel horseshoe was run through the
> nose ridge between her eyes. Two diamond studs replaced her eyebrows.
> Her ears had also been pieced multiple times. There were, uh, two other
> noticeable rings, too (reader's imagination required). [All I can say to
> this is "OUCH!!" There isn't enough single malt whiskey to give me the
> courage to pin myself this often.] She was painted: wrist and ankle
> carried Celtic designs, the back of her neck (sun god/goddess), and
> cheek carried some tear drops. Her hair was chopped short, dyed deep
> blue-black, and spiked.
>
> All I could think of at the time: Why? Doesn't she realize what she'll
> look like in 20 years? Pinholes /might/ close, hair can grow back, but
> those tattoos are there for life (even if lasers are used to remove
> them...)
>
> Oh well... Not my daughter-unit, not my worry.
>
> The Ranger

Oh me oh my oh DEAR! The things some people will do to their mental make-up,
their emotional make-up, the closing off of whole parts of themselves, the
damage they do to themselves in the name of what they unequivocally *know*
is right and wrong - the inner scars - those are the ones that show the
most, and have the most profound negative effects on lives, and not just
their own lives, either ',;~P'''



Shaun aRe - No tattoos (yet?), just 2 piercings, one each earlobe, one 5mm
diameter and soon to be 8mm, the other one 8mm already. Gosh I'm a rebel.