British chaplain wants to use tattoos like Nazi stars

Written by Michael Vass

I was considering taking a look at some news on tattoos and happened to do a search on what has been happening. There of course was news on Angelina Jolie getting tattoos for her twins, and that was kind of interesting. I considered speaking on that until I saw something that really made me stop.

In a flash I read the title of this article and saw the Nazi’s forcing Jew’s to wear yellow stars and gays to wear pink triangles. I was reminded of the horror of small minds acting in the most horrific manner to eliminate anyone that was not just like them.

The title was

Homosexuals should carry warning tattoos, says chaplain

Upon reading the article I found that Rev Dr Peter Mullen, who is titled as chaplain to the London Stock Exchange (a hobnorary title it seems as the LSE claims), wrote in a blog interview

“Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS.”

The blog was uncreditied and it seems that the entire post was removed. Still that does not change the fact that the comments were made. Rev. Mullen defends himself essentially stating that this was just English humor, and if readers were smart enough they would recognize this and get a chiuckle.

I’m sorry Rev. Mullen, I am familiar with and enjoy English humor. I love the bawdy nature of it, and the often dry delivery. I have lived overseas and had many friends from Britian. I understand British satire well, and those statements are not humorous.

Rev. mullen has also written in that blog post on homosexuals

“clearly unnatural, a perversion and corruption of natural instincts and affections, and because it is a cause of fatal disease.”

So that comment coupled with his wish for branding is supposed to be a joke? I suppose that a KKK member in a white hood burning a cross on my lawn and calling me the N-word in the middle of the night would be a belly-aching raucous laugh riot.

Bollocks!

Tattoos are meant to be an expression of the person with the tattoo. A piece of body art that highlights the essence of the person tattooed. They are NOT a means of branding, discrimination, or persecution.

The outright evil that statement embodies is almost unmentionable. It is difficult to accuately convey in words the anger this evokes in me. And I have to wonder who else is on the list of greatest jokes Rev. Mullen might have. Short people, those of different races, different religions?

Humor is a fine line in many cases. Some jokes don’t translate countries or other demographics. That being a given there is an obvious and dramatic point at which you know you have gone so far as to be just vile. And I often find those who go that far are more expressing their own personal bile and miniscule thoughts than anything else.

In Britian there are calls for the Rev. Mullen to resign or be fired. That is at least what should happen. I would love to see Rev. Mullen explain the humor and “satire” of his comment to Holocaust survivors on British television live.

This is not the light or popular post on tattoos I intended. But I think it is far more, it is vital and potent. Because if this were taken by anyone as a joke, as something of a trifle, then we all start on the road that leads to Auschwitz for any number of people that don’t meet the racist, bigoted, small-minded, irrational, fearful, disgusting standard of some twisted gene pool reject.

Bad tattoo ideas from Lindsey Lohan and India

Written by Michael Vass

So as I was wandering the web reading thru a few posts, websites and news reports for something of interest in the tattoo world I ran into 2 items. One is on Lindsey Lohan; the other is on tooth tattooing.

All I have to say about the normally alcohol and cocaine besodden entertainer is that the tattoos she has gotten to match her girlfriend is a stupid thing to do. Just as I would never advocate getting the name of a spouse or partner (though children and especially deceased parents makes perfect sense) tattooed anywhere on a body, the same applies to tattoos of any symbolic nature. Though the stars and hearts they have now seem rather basic, if these women ever break up (Hollywood entertainer splitting-up? Impossible) they will have the same situation as if they had inscribed the other former-significant other’s name on them.

As for tooth tattooing, what? I didn’t know such a thing was possible let alone desired. But in fact it is. It’s becoming popular in India at the moment, and I would have to imagine that it’s only a matter of short time before some rapper abandons their silly metal filled mouth accessories for this new event.

The positive about a tooth tattoo is the fact that it is easily removable. Of course like all tattoos a professional should be the one doing the work, lest damage be caused.

But I still have to wonder why? I understand the fact that like most tattoos this would only be visible if it is shown off. My 4 tattoos can’t be seen unless I remove my shirt and display it, this would be the same idea. Except at a distance – say in an interview – it would look like you have spinach in your teeth.

And what might you put on a tooth? You really can’t put in a lot of detail, it’s too small. Too many colors and your teeth look diseased to a casual observer. Too many tattoos and you look like a stereotype of a redneck. It just seems to promote the look of anything but clean and attractive.

Now I’m not saying that tattoos look unclean or unattractive. I think they can look great. And I’m not saying that teeth that look so white as to be reflective are any more attractive than a bar of soap. But there is a line for my preferences.

I’d love to hear from someone in India that has one of these tattoos. Maybe that would shed some light on the subject.

Until then I suppose I just have to wait for the inevitable rapper to ‘highlight’ yet another fad for their teeth that will be done in a manner that only entertainment executives with products to sell would love.

Your Tatoo Smile

The one place I wouldn’t get a tattoo is on my teeth. There’s just something skeevy about the feeling that there’s a picture on my tooth. I also wouldn’t like the thought of some hot chile smeering an image of my children on my tooth. It’s kind of a wierd thought having an image of your first-born on your tooth.

Here’s a tattoo artist who specializes in teeth tattoos. It’s not for me although it looks like some quality work. What’s your thought?

Tattoos of Your Children for Long Term Memories

Fueled by the celebrity craze of tattoos of their children, many 20-30 year olds are getting tattoos for the first time. Angelina, Posh and Johnny Depp proudly sport the inked mementos of their children. We talked to a few tattoo artists who are loving the trend. First, it’s great for business and one New York based tattoo artists told us, “Since everything goes, these tattoos are allowing us to express ourselves artistically while still pleasing the client.”

I was reading this article which conveyed some interesting logic: The tattoos make a lot more sense than getting a tattoo of your spouse, you don’t divorce your kids.

When Tattoos Aren’t Fun

A few years ago, a major leage baseball player by the name of Justin Miller was forced to cover up his tattoos because major leaugue players were complaining that the tattoos were distracting them. In the dog days of summer as baseball players like to call them, it can get to be 110-120 degrees on some baseball fields such as St. Louis when the heat beams on the turf for hours at a time. This can’t be pleasant if you are forced to wear long sleeves to cover your arms.

So it made me laugh when Ryan Tucker made his major league debut in 86 degree heat wearing a long sleeve undershirt.

What’s funny about this story is that Mr. Tucker got the tattoos in September. Sorry Tucker but there’s only three conclusions I can arrive at in the 90 degree weather that we are currently experiencing in New York.

• Mr. Tucker didn’t think his fastball was good enough
• Mr. Tucker loves his tattoos
• The boy doesn’t read the rules

Since this is Tattoo Blog, we’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Ryan. Love your tattoos brother !!

Tatoos are Tattoos

For the record, we just received an email from a reader who wanted to inform us that tatoo is spelled tattoo.

Thank you, we know. However, for the thousands of people on the Internet who spell tattoo “tatoo” and the millions reading around the world (credit: Michael Buffer), we decided to own this domain name and obviously title the blog correctly.

Thank you

Airbrush Tattoos for the Traveling Tattoo Artist

I was recently at what I would describe as a town carnival when I saw a booth for airbrush tattoos. There was a line of about 8 people at $8 a pop. I would guess that it didn’t take more than 2-3 minutes to creeate one of these. That’s $160 an hour which is pretty good pay for most people.

When there was a break in the action I walked up to the artist and found out that he travels from town to town and sets up at these fairs as an airbrush tattoo artist. “Make a pretty good living at it,” he told me. He continued, “Get to travel too.”

Airbrush tattoos are fun for the average guy and kids love them. I forgot, kids get a discount.