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It's a form of self-expression, alienation, rejecting mainstream culture and asserting independence...

well, moron....back in the 60s.....all we did was grow our hair long to get our point across......idiot

[Billy_bob_bob]

Yeah, but the thing of it was that one day we could decide to "drop in" and get our hair cut and buy some decent clothes. These guys are going to spend the rest of their lives wearing long sleeved shirts in 90 degree weather to cover up the tattoos on their arms, their cartilege in their noses and ears is going to collapse over time from all of the holes punched through them, and then when they go to pick up a phone to talk to a client/co-worker/employer/tech support they are going to sound like a lisping nancyboy, trying to talk with their split tongues.

I don't think a haircut and wardrobe change is going to render these people employable. Oh well, more freeloaders for the rest of us to take care of.