Footballer's rifle tattoo

[Hitchington]

FFS, it's a drawing of a gun, not a real gun. Load of fuss over nothing.

 

[flake99please]

It just seems stupid to me.

Yet considering eating tinned dog food wasn’t?

It’s his body, his personal tattoo. There’s no need to justify it to anyone, but himself.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It’s his body, his personal tattoo. There’s no need to justify it to anyone, but himself.

See post number 5.

 

[Accy cyclist]

And would that be "...something daft,out of boredom or attention seeking..."?

Neither,because i'm not really thinking about it,i just said it for er attention.

 

[Accy cyclist]

So attention seeking then...

Er yes i suppose. But then isn't that why this footballer's had a rifle tattooed on his leg?

 

[User10119]

isn't that why this footballer's had a rifle tattooed on his leg

Not according to what he's said, no. It's one of the reasons that you said you think he's had it done, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is the case.

I imagine there are lots and lots of reasons why people get tattoos done. I'd suggest that the opinions of people who have tattoos probably carry more weight than the opinions of people who don't have (and don't like) tattoos, when the question is 'why do people get tattoos?'.

Like if you ask 'why do people ride bikes?'. Whose answer will contain more truth - the one from people who regularly ride bikes, or the one from the people who never ride bikes and get tetchy about the bloody cyclists that they don't approve of being on the road?

 

[Smokin Joe]

A fuss over nothing, stirred up by people with too much time on their hands.

 

[MiK1138]

If Raheen Sterling had this on his leg he would be lauded as a national hero

 

[ianrauk]

An attention seeker berating an attention seeker.

 

[Accy cyclist]

An attention seeker berating an attention seeker.

I suppose you being a fan of such things,you'll have something like this on your body?

 

[Accy cyclist]

A fuss over nothing, stirred up by people with too much time on their hands.

Or not enough tattoos on their hands.

 

[User10119]

If Raheen Sterling had this on his leg he would be lauded as a national hero

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Probably - although perhaps for the full "hero" effect of that one, in the eyes of some at least, he'd need to be white. Context. It matters. Of course he has actually also said that the tattoo in question isn't complete...

 

[AndyRM]

This terrible advert fits in with the thread quite neatly.

 

[vickster]

It glorifies violence,some might say. And it looks shoot,like it's been done by an "apprentice" tattooist.
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Some or you? Are you just parroting the Mail?
If you think so, then explain why you hold this perception?

 

[User10119]

If you think so, then explain why you hold this perception?

Yeah - this. As I said way back...
[QUOTE 5260036, member: 10119"]It doesn't affect me or, as far as I can see, anyone else so why would I care?[/QUOTE]
I'm not at all clear what about this particular tattoo on this particular leg is meant to be harmful to society or 'offensive'... I'm open to someone actually explaining it, but haven't seen it yet.