"BRINGING THE TATTOO WORLD DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF PORN"

Ugh. Somebody needs to turn down his elitism a notch or two.

I don't look like someone who has tatts, but that guy seems to have a problem with tatts. Many people on SG, models and friends, have some great pieces of art, and there is no better place to see them than SG. If he thinks that this is porn, he needs to have a better look at the internet.

i don't think he has a point.

He's yelling at people that are actually doing something decent for the tattoo community. Pick up a tattoo magazine sometime and you see tattooed models all the time. I don't understand what he wants?

Any good Tattoo artist should welcome the idea of an SG approaching them for a tattoo, you can't get more advertising than putting your work on someone that's going to be proud and happy to show it. If i ever ran across an artist that said "i would never tattoo an SG", i'd probably walk away from him. If he's that afraid to have his artwork be that popular, he isn't good enough to tattoo me.

If he wants to attack someone dragging down the art and passion of the tattoo world, he needs to go attack the craptastic, dirty little shops that will tattoo anything on anyone, drunk or sober and not worry about repercussions or the person's health. That's where the biggest stigma comes from when regarding tattoos.

The letter if anything made me think this guy is an egotistical douche bag.

is conclusive proof that he truly knows nothing about the ART and PASSION of the tattoo world.

"bring the tattoo world down"....does he mean from the stereotype of criminality?

i don't know what his problem is. But I, and every tattooed straight man and artist that i know (and many women and artists), love naked women... period.
and most of the time, find it hotter that they are into tattoos too.

he's probably the same guy who calls popular bands he used to like "sell outs".

some people have such narrow views of what things are "supposed" to be -- the so-called "purists".

fuck him.

Agreed. Dude should have been a little more PASSIONATE about English class.

I'm fairly certain that folks unable to communicate coherently (!!!!!!!!!!!!) do more damage to the "tattoo world" than some (from what I've seen) well-educated girls showing some skin now and again.

What's a slag?

My thoughts exactly.

Slag is British slang for a slut/whore.

I, of course, echo every sentiment expressed above.

What diminishes his credibility even further is his repeated use of the word "slag" without any other synonyms. Being from this side of the Atlantic, I didn't know the word until RudieCantFail defined it. Had he instead thrown in a "slut," a "tramp," and maybe even a "harlot" to go with the one "slag," I would not be so dismissive and actually consider his argument.

I'd still dismiss it on the basis that he makes no actual argument, though.

It's what I think of as "at least I'm not that!" syndrome.

e.g.

I want to be part of a subculture and feel a little differentiated from everyone else by belonging to my subculture. I also have slight feelings of defensiveness about being looked down on because of my association with said subculture so I talk it up with lots of bravado and bluster.

I then separate and marginalise one particular sub-group associated with my subculture, expressing disdain and disapproval of their appropriation of aspects of my subculture, and mark them out as "not really belonging".

So when the world of tattoos is looked down on as trashy and dirty, I can say "Nah, man, it's art! At least I'm not one of those SGs, cos all those tattooed slags are turning it into being about porn! No way, man, not me!"

Impurities in molten steel when it is superheated. The impurities rise to the surface and are the "scarfed" off using either a scarfing torch or a scarfing robot, the impurities that turn to a gravel like substance is then called "slag". It is usually collected, processed and used in asphalt.

or if you're not in the steel industry and from the UK, it's a slut.

this was actually a dare to see how many times the word slag could be used in an insulting comment towards SG's.....he was 4 shy of the world record.

Sounds like every badly typed, baseless anti-SG chain letter ever sent.

"Slags?" Sorry, it's that a UK thing? I think the guy is an idiot. He may as well email some grandmother that does 'mature' porn and say "what's wrong with you old bag?!?! you make grandmas look bad!!!" He's a fool.

In Australia we just call them "mum".

Well played, madame, well played indeed.