[Chena]

You (papertyger) wrote: "And yeah, I have some of the same types of people in my life too, but lets face it, drawing a parallel between my grandfather the WW2 vet and the girl next door is tenuous at best. You wouldn't parallel a young man wearing lipstick and mascara to your blue haired grandmother, would you?"

If my grandmother (God rest her soul) decided to die her hair "blue", would you assume she had lost her marbles? Or maybe she just thought blue would look pretty on her? Would she now be considered not worthy of your business, or kindness? I mean, come on, blue hair isn't something most grandmothers choose as a hair color. LOL As for a young man wearing lipstick and mascara. I don't know what drives young folks to do half of what they do, and I didn't know what drived my urges back then either. My father was HORRIFIED at bell-bottom pants and especially the "hip-huggers" that allowed other people to see my (gasp) naval. LOL

And now back to the topic of this thread, which was tattoos and visible piercings. Opinions have been stated on this thread that pretty much sum up both sides of the issue. Pick and choose as you wish. :)

[papertyger]

Please forgive me my oversight. I've inadvertently used an idiom you are not familiar with.

Actually, blue IS something grandmothers regularly choose as a hair color. I'm referring to the blue rinse many silver haired women use to get the brownish tinge out of their hair color. It is very common, and even Rush Limbaugh called his late mother's circle of friends the "blue haired, bloody mary, set" as a tongue in cheek reference to retired women of stature.

The idea I was trying to get across is there IS a distinction between the anchor on Grandpa's bicep, and the barbed wire circling a young girls bicep, in the same way there is a distinction between a woman wearing make up, and a man wearing make up.

You can not anecdote your way out of it.