I dunno. I guess I’m afraid that if I let myself get one white supremacy face tattoo, then it’d be hard to keep myself from wanting a couple dozen more.
I know I’m definitely like that with potato chips, anyway.
- Merlin Mann via Kung Fu Grippe
You know, the interesting thing about neo-nazis is that they’re so sure of their way of life (or at least this one is… or he better be). A 27-year-old fellow by the name of Curtis Michael Allgier made the news recently when he made an escape from a Utah hospital during a medical examination, killing the security guard watching over him, and hijacking an SUV.
This is only a guess, but in a world where you have swastikas and ’skin head’ permanently etched into your face skin, you would have to think that you would, in all cases, be a white supremest, and treat any and all situation as a white supremacist.
I really believe the things I say and think and talk about to be true, but I don’t think I’d even tattoo something inconsequential like “I enjoy pie” on my face, even though I really really enjoy me a good pie. This is not because “I enjoy pie” is a stupid thing to tattoo on your face, or that face tattoos seem a bit stupid anyway, but just concept of a commitment to the enjoyment of pies, I couldn’t do it.
I’ve always thought that ideological commitment was a kind of virtue, solidarity in labour unions, or a general instinct to be protective of women and children, to be a good and honest person in all situations, these are concepts that I’ve always found base-line unquestionable goods in the world, but even they can be questionable and unfulfillable at times
There is then a certain modesty that I think a person has to have, when taking on a commitment, the idea that it’s always alright to be wrong, and make mistakes. It is a fine line to walk between skepticism and blind acceptance, which seems to be a reoccurring theme here…
On a side note, I have a total Cyber-Man-Crush on Merlin Mann.
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