Tattoos are a personal thing. I like 'em..I like 'em a lot. I've got 17, 5 of them being racial. I can cover them when need be, like at work, or flaunt them. To each their own.
Piercings..I dont really care one way or the other about those. My grandma used to say she'd rather I get piercings because if I get bored with them, I just take them out and nobody will know there were there..as opposed to tattoos. But the stretching earlobes/septums/whatver is something I'll never understand. A friend of mine had his earlobes stretched..when he took them out...well it wasn't pretty.

Piercings and tats in moderation are great. When you hide what you truly look like, it makes me wonder what you're really hiding. They're decorations...not masks. Far too many, I think, simply go for shock value. I've seen some amazing tats in my lifetime..and some hideous ones.

I've been getting tats for 14 years now and I regret none. I wonder if those completely covered will be able to say the same in a few years. If they can..more power to them..but I hope they'll excuse me when I look the other way.

Take a look at the folks here....http://www.bmezine.com
I think that 8Man has hit the nail on the head via Covington.
It is actually a form of collective insanity.
Notice though, that with few exeptions, none of these sick puppies are attractive to begin with.
They appear to be mongrels of one variety or another.
Revilo Oliver said that race-mixing produces insanity.
Well here's the proof.

Apa Tani tribal women, with traditional tattoos and bamboo nose ornaments in Hija village, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Originally, this practise started because the women wanted to look unattractive to males from other tribes. Apa Tani women were considered to be the most beautiful among all the Arunachal tribes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apa_Tani

What a bunch of freaking fruitcakes.

What ever happened to just getting a good old tattoo of a Harley Davidson logo or an anchor or something like that?

What ever happened to just getting a good old tattoo of a Harley Davidson logo ...

*shudders*

Fuck all that bullshit. It'll only make it easy for Hyman's lackeys to identify you after the balloon goes up.

Tattoos on a woman is a sacrilege. When I see an otherwise juicy titty or ass marked up with graffiti like a rusty old boxcar, it immediately makes Mr. Johnson leave in a huff.

A tattoo on a woman can say a lot about her, generally it tells you that she may very likely be a skank, secondly, it tells you that she most likely is not very confident and at ease with her looks, thirdly, it indicates to you that she may not have much class, fourthly, it may tell you a lot about her overall mental condition, i.e. lack of self confidence, easily influenced, poor taste etc.