Quote: (09-30-2015 11:40 AM)Celtic_Austrian Wrote:
Quote: (09-30-2015 08:35 AM)kurbatskiy Wrote:
Majority of people would prefer a tattoo anywhere else on their body, but most of the usually draw a line when it comes to putting a tattoo on the face.Ideally, the face is the first thing anyone would look at in a person and it is not usually not that comfortable to stare at someone with a deadly tattoo embedded on the face.
But the fact that there are a lot of people put there with shitty face tattoos doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get a pretty tattoo on your face.
Quote: (09-30-2015 11:12 AM)John Michael Kane Wrote:
People that have tattoos (especially on the face) strike me as attention seekers. Call me biased, but a woman that screws up her face like that is an attention whore. No need to entertain her, they made the right choice.
If you would have read the thread title, the article linked, or the answers of posters before you, you would have noticed that the woman in question is a Maori. Nothing wrong with honoring the culture, history and identity of your people: Tā moko
On the other hand, this is also true for the Japanese, which produced this unfortunate situation. As a guest in their country, you have to accept their rules. The same, although highly unlikely given their nature, goes for a Japanese person complaining about tattooed people in a New Zealand spa.
All in all a curious coincidence of two cultures with a very different view regarding tattoos meeting, nothing else. No harm was done, all the people involved learned something, now everybody should move on with their life.
Firstly there are plenty of bars in New Zealand that wouldn't let you in with a face tattoo, Maori or not. Obviously they're not stupid enough to admit that outright, but that is the essence of face control right there.
Secondly, although it's still pretty rare here you definitely see the odd moko on a woman. I've noticed that a lot of them seem to be leftists working in public sector jobs too. Having a tattoo is a visible marker of cultural identity. These types of women are fine with a moko because they can get attention with it, but when it comes to other aspects of Maori culture like showing deference to men then they're all about modern US/European culture.
Lastly, if the people doing these "traditional" tattoos did them the traditional way - with a sharpened piece of whale bone - then you can bet that you'd see a whole lot less of this.