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Damp, dull and cool today.

@Sabertooth Oh it's doctrinally conservative all right; it's just that I guess those things are so much part of the culture now that to give them a hard time about it would be senseless.

One day at a time, prayerfully. "As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33.25)

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@Man on Fire My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse, and mine also; and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to be injected with ink in this design. (So her ink was frankly...

@Man on Fire These are reasonable questions. I guess one could approach the matter also from the angle that tattoos are part of the culture, and so as a talking point in witness the fact of having a tattoo would not be remotely unusual (if this makes any sense?)

Grace is the key... :)

@Josho PS: At the very conservative, small local church where my wife and I go probably a majority of the young men / boys wear earrings; and one of them was telling us about the tattoo he is planning; it relates to his mother's tattoo design. Long gone are the days when conservative religious...

:) What I mean is, I'm from a European background, and I can't speak for others about ink or pierced ears; although these do seem to be part of the culture now for young men, so often.

@Josho I can't really say, but it's probable that non-White young men from certain cultures find it particularly natural to get inked/pierce their ears, etc. (I don't claim any expertise, though...)

I've read about the so called Nauru Solution..etc..., but we won't get into that.

@Josho Good post, if I may say so. Yes, it's part of the culture for Samoans and Tongans and others; they - especially men - are expected to get tattoos. (Whether to do something because others expect it, isn't necessarily an argument to do it, of course.) But one could say also, that in North...

PS: @Josho Some tattoo artists have two jobs and are in a position to take commissions from clients more or less of their choice; they can also supplement their income by piercing skills. An APP qualification can be useful for tattoo artists to have.

...but is the answer protectionism and labor bosses promoting and undercurrent of anti-immigrant xenophobia for professedly 'economic' reasons? (I know you are not saying this...)

Oh all you need to be is an enjoyer of other ppl's puns...I enjoy them...:)

Try to say:"HOW NOW BROWN COW"...

@Sabertooth Yes, this can be very good advice... :)

@Josho Thanks for your response. :) So I guess you would disagree with @Sabertooth 's comment, above, where he says: ?

Oh I'm a dustbin of useless knowledge...

@FollowHim In some cases they might be; but we can remember that if a young man or woman's parents and siblings already have ink — which they well might, in some families — then at18 they would somewhat be going against the trend if they did not in turn get ink.