I know that the OP asked for opinions but to come in here and have the nerve to condemn a persons choices through your own world view is idiotic. You certainly wouldn't appreciate it if it came to your personal choices in life coming into question.
Not one single persons opinion on what another wants to do to their own body even adds up to
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Do what you want when you want... If you aren't hurting anyone else then what does it matter what ANYONE thinks but YOU. They are not the ones who wake up in the morning and look at yourself in the mirror and decide your worth or the quality of your actions.
We only have a short time on this planet and you should be doing all the things YOU want to do, not what others think you should do.
If you live your life based on the opinions or advise of others you aren't living your life, your living theirs. Not one single person lives in the same reality as you so why would you let them alter it.
Do what you want and if you run into haters tell them to fuck off and never pay them any heed. There is no shortage of people willing to tell you how to lead your life and the best thing to do is ignore them. Make your own choices, do what makes YOU happy.
They don't NEED to understand why people get tattoos. They NEED to understand that others don't revolve around "their" ideal of the world.
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"The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now -- with somebody -- and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives." H.S.T. 09/12/01