ArniVidar said

I can soooo… relate to that…Arni 😀
We can spend so much of our lives fooling ourselves that we are something that we’re not, hiding behind a lie. All we gain for our efforts is the fear that one day someone will discover who we really are!! :eek:. Better to be free to glory in our weaknesses than tremble behind a lie. I’ve found it such a blessing to acknowledge my limitations, strange as that may sound…that is real power, as it sets a person free from that which once bound them!

There are unseen laws in life, laws that are as real as the law of gravity and the speed of light. Stu has learned to stay on the right side of these laws, freeing himself from all the curses and pitfalls that come from breaking them when he said… in not so many words:

in doing so he fulfills all the law, and if you fulfill the law who have you got to fear?

You certainly can force people to respect you but that kind of ‘forced’ respect comes at a price…such as fear, suspicion and the knowledge that when you do fall…and you will, rather than receiving help from concerned friends…you’re more likely to get a good kicking while you’re down! Sad, but true eh?

As the good book says…be slow to talk and quick to listen. Bet they’ll think twice before they go blurting out they prejudices before you in the furture eh?
I learned a good lesson many years ago, not to judge anyone by their looks. I boxed a guy at Yarmouth, took one look at the skinny wretched and thought ‘this’ll be fun’. He gave me the hiding of my life! Totally our classed and out boxed me…never forget that lesson 🙂
We live n learn eh?

That’s interesting…goes some way to proving that there still prevails an attitude that says…
those who wear tattoos are of a lower moral standard, more prone to start fights or cause trouble

However, although this attitude does still exists it is certainly not as bad as it once was, with tats being worn by the full range of society, from the hardened criminal to the respectable business man and young girl. The days of trying to ‘pigeon-hole’ all who wear tats or piercings is ‘almost’ at an end.

Looks like they are one of…if not the biigest contributer to the acceptability of tats in the UK then, hitting the airwaves right in the booms years too! Talk about good timing…

Do you know when those programs hit the air Miss Ivy?

Good point Asenath83…that is where I’ll start.

It amazes me the amount of posts saying that… in the clubs so many are wearing crappy tats. As I stated, I haven’t any tattoos but if I was too… I’d certainly do my homework first for both design and artist.

Anyway, it is becoming clear that hitting the club scene is not a bad idea. It is where people want to look their best, show people who they are and what they think. And more and more people are doing that in the clubs with tattoos n piercings.