LINKHow does one explain having this...
...done to yourself by this:
I could probably shoot that freak on sight and I don't think a jury in the world would see any fault in my judgement. I could say that I was sure that I was about to be attacked by a space alien monster or some mutated creature that had just climbed out of a sewer. I could say that I was certain that it wasn't human in origin. Who could argue?
Certainly, creatures such as this would make interesting subjects for psychological research and experimentation...hook 'em up with sensors and electrodes, shock them several times a minute and see how they react...you know, that kind of thing.
I honestly do not understand this trend of the last decade or so towards self mutilation. If it actually looked good then maybe I could see it...but have you ever seen this stuff where it does look good? It doesn't look good to start with and it never looks better with age. Usually a butterfly tattoo begins to look more like a prune or a turd or something after added weight and wrinkles alter the canvas of skin.
And if this is a trend, then where will it go next? Will we see people having limbs removed and replacing them with artificial constructs? Skin replaced with genetically altered fish scales or whatever? I see this as a liberal mindset...man attempting to improve over what God has given. Am I wrong? Do conservatives get this crap done in any significant numbers? Or is it just nutty libs?
There is an argument to be made that this behavior is not unlike suicide. That is, "I'm not content with God's appointed time for me to die so I will make that judgement for myself...take my own life at my own appointed time." Which makes me wonder what the distribution in suicides is between conservatives and liberals or, for that matter, between atheists and those who profess a belief in an omnipotent God. It's probably the same but I would like to know.
