Recent Negative Media coverage of Tattoos

Couldn't give a ****. None of their business

Stick Monkey wrote: »

Interesting the derision and finger pointing Cheryl Cole for her ass tattoo and Sinead O'Connor for her face tattoo received from the media. What do you think? Slow news days ?

In fairness I don't think the media made either out as a witch hunt against tattoo or people with tattoo's majority just showed Cheryl Cole's tattoo most of the negative comments came from the general public when reading or hearing comments about it.

As for Sinead O'Connor well she is as mad as bag of spanners and once again it was just her being in the media for doing something off the wall it's the only way she manages to stay relevant these days.

Neither were cases of the media highlighting negativity towards tattoo's really imo.

Sinead O'connor; supposedly anti-church but has jesus tattooed on herself......the b,q on her face is clearly the least of her problems

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Church =/= Jesus...
There's a difference.

Well the church is the organisation which committed the atrocities she has spoken out against.....and it does so in the name of jesus. Also her tattoo is a catholic version of the image of jesus not just a non-denominational image. Just seems conflicted to me is all Im saying.

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Don't forget, she was also a fully "Unofficially" ordained priest herself. Just because she has a Catholic imagining of Christ tattoo'd on herself, she's not being hypocritical or conflicting. She's a Catholic. She just doesn't like the "Church" as an organisation. She disagrees with the Church, not the Religion.

Did she not declare herself a Rastafarian at one point too? :rolleyes:

Right...to try to stay on the topic of tattoo expression...this seems to me to be the equivalent of something like "I'm a citizen of 'suchandsuch' country...I hate everything my country does in the world and what it stands for...but I'm going to get a tattoo of my country's flag."

K.r.a.t.o.S wrote: »

Right...to try to stay on the topic of tattoo expression...this seems to me to be the equivalent of something like "I'm a citizen of 'suchandsuch' country...I hate everything my country does in the world and what it stands for...but I'm going to get a tattoo of my country's flag."

Or, another way to look at it is:

Me personally, I am not a religious person by any stretch. I don't believe in God. I find it sickening that with everything that has gone on in the Church that these criminals have just been moved around with no consequences. None have been excommunicated from the church for these vile acts which go against the teachings, belief's and ethos of what the church stands for. Very few have actually been prosecuted, or those that have have had sentences suspended because of their age.

Despite all this, I still try to live a Christian life, as in being kind to strangers, helping others in need, donating to Charity, raising funds for Charity. These are teachings of Christianity. Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife.

The Bible also says that any modification to the body is a sin (Tattoo's, piercings).

So, to you it may seem conficting (Certainly is when she was ordained a priest and then declares Rastafarian, though she wouldn't be the first person to convert), but to me not so much.

Christian = believes in God / Jesus etc.
That is separable from the Church as an organisation. Roman Catholic, Protestant, Methodists, Baptists... etc... etc... etc... there are thousands of various Christian denominations. Only one of those is the Roman Catholic church that you're associating with Christianity. It's possible to be Christian (IE believe in Christ) without being a member of the Roman Catholic Church, or indeed any of the organised religions. None of which means that you condone the actions committed by the church or any other branch of Christianity throughout the world or throughout the ages.

Just because Sinead O'Connor has a tattoo of Jesus doesn't mean she's being contradictory by denouncing 'The Church'.
She may be conflicted, and she may have shown some troubled traits in the past, but personally speaking I don't see any conflict in her views on this matter.

Anyway, let's please get back on the topic of negative perception of tattoos in the media, rather than being negatively judgemental about her tattoos and disparaging of SO'C or any individual for that matter.

Not sure I'd agree with that as such, I think it's more that there's less exposure to it here, so people are less accustomed to seeing quality tattoos or large tattoos. There's also that common Irish trait of tarring everyone with the same brush. "Oh, you've a tattoo? You must be a scumbag."

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Not sure I'd agree with that as such, I think it's more that there's less exposure to it here, so people are less accustomed to seeing quality tattoos or large tattoos. There's also that common Irish trait of tarring everyone with the same brush. "Oh, you've a tattoo? You must be a scumbag."

Certainly the Irish have not been exposed to much...which does largely contribute to the ignorant reactions that people have here. But I,ve had clergy try to stop me from visiting a church in Budapest...was told by a catholic in london that I'm going to hell because I have all the markings of a lost soul....and the christians in America are always trying to "save" me from my obvious path of doom!

True, there was a bit of a backlash about Beckham's neck tattoo back in the day but it was more of a 'he's playing in a the Euro's in a week, surely getting a massive tattoo done on your neck isn't the most ideal preparation' backlash rather than a 'what will he look like when he's 60/70/80' backlash.

Thing is though you're always going to get people who are anti tattoo but it seems they're more prone to be anti women getting tattooed for whatever reason.

K.r.a.t.o.S wrote: »

True...and the better looking the woman, the more they are expected to not tattoo themselves...they're meant to be "flawless" beauties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4aIZGHnF2I

Your mistake there was listening to Donald Trump and presuming that it wouldn't be some sort of a petulant rant :P

salacious crumb wrote: »

I don't think there's that much of a social stigma about tattoos in Ireland anymore, well certainly not in Dublin anyway.

We've come a long way from India ink dots and crosses that you would most associate with "scumbags" 20/30 years ago. There's practically a tattoo studio on every street in the city centre, people from all walks of life are tattooed, some with small designs, some with extensive work. Apart from facial tattoos, I don't think there's much reaction at all these days to heavily tattooed individuals.

Yeah that's true. I remember talking to Michal in Skin City yesterday and him mentioning that there was at least ten studios within a 15 minute walk from the place. Facial tattoos are still a little bit 'woah' but with a bit of luck that stigma will go away or at least diminish a bit in a few years.

K.r.a.t.o.S wrote: »

Try leaving Dublin..... Anywhere outside the big cities of Ireland people will stop their cars to stare!

That would be part of the urban/rural social issues divide though. See long hair on men for a similar example.

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