03-06-2011, 05:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2011, 05:57 PM by Ens Entium.)
(03-06-2011, 04:19 PM)Etude in B Minor Wrote: I must say that I personally do not like tattoos at all. To me they look like, and remind me of, graffiti. And I just hate graffiti. It makes the world a less lovely place. Same with tattoos in my opinion. I guess I am just an old fuddy-duddy, but I like purity. The other poll about drug use I also found dismaying. I guess it is because substance abuse has caused a lot of misery in my family. I think the world would be a much better place without drugs, graffiti, and tattoos (and body-piercing jewelry).
Just my opinion, and I know many do not share it.
I personally would want a tattoo for myself, i guess i share your sentiment when it comes to one for myself, i have neutral feelings when it comes to other. In seeing where another who chooses this i welcome the view that the person truly sees beauty in whatever the tattoo may be and chooses to use the skin as a canvas. I see it as that person's desire to adorn that canvas. This did not come naturally for me, but now i'm able to affrim and appreciate it.
Also, i do not do drugs. I started that poll, to 1. find out what the likely spread is on the forums of non-users/users; that was just curiosity. and.. 2. realising my resistance and slight disapproval of it, i sought to expose myself to the views and experiences of the wonderful people on these forums; for two reasons. the first was to expand my ideas on this by including in my thoughts of the activity and the experiences, so that i could loosen my opinions/considerations about it and learn to see the value in it that others did. What people shared there was invaluable in that regard. the second reason was that the great people here, by vitue of their maturity, balance and spiritual leaning, and also their openess, would let me see the approach and views on the activity from that level. This expanded my thoughts about a 'drug user'. Again i appreciate where people came from and i value it, the appreciation is greater because i can be aware, albeit impersonally, of their experience and what others find it while keeping my unwillingness to engage in it myself.
It allows me to come at this from a greater point of balance, before i even consider the ethics of it. I case of drugs, ethics (in terms of the majority) is vitrually absent, it's
almost always detrimental, but there is also the positive..
I agree that there is ugliness in both of these cases... but there is also beauty and a certain freedom..
