| 'Get Off My Lawn, Tattoos,' Says Curmudgeonly Columnist
Carpenter begins with a school district's ban on "I [Heart] Boobies" bracelets, complaining that a federal judge "came down on the side of sleaze" by allowing them. "That is the most (expletive deleted) repulsive thing I've ever heard anybody say," Brittany said of Wednesday's column about "body art. " And really, would you trust a tattooed person to supervise the water slide?. The rest of the column is more of the same, though I was particularly delighted by Carpenter's list of tattooed role models: Charlie Sheen, Angelina Jolie, Mike Tyson, and Charles Manson. As I have argued before, the heaviest concentrations of tattoos are on the skin of the very lowest aspects of the human race. Finally, Carpenter arrives at the subject of tattoos, specifically the tattoos of a 20-year-old woman denied a job at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. In addition, he says, anyone getting a tattoo must be trying to look like one of the aforementioned creatures. Carpenter also objects to the use of the phrase "wholesome demeanor" to describe the woman. Everyone else has decided to start dressing like a schlub, including journalists. On the one hand, Brittany doesn't sound like the best representative of the community. What is it the kids are saying these days |
Sunday, 3 June 2012
'Get Off My Lawn, Tattoos,' Says Curmudgeonly Columnist
