by johnny nemo » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:37 pm
I talked a friend of mine out of getting a swastika tattoo in the 80s.<br>He was just getting into the whole skinhead thing and wanted to prove himself, for some other stupid reason that only makes sense when you're 15.<br><br>Anyway...I just explained to him that he had been an anarchist 6 weeks before that and that he would have regretted getting a big 'A' tattooed on him.<br>His brother and I really gave him a hard time about it and he ended up compromising by just getting the Iron Eagle tat, as he could get the swastika later.<br>He never did.<br>He dropped out of the skinhead scene and now even regrets the Iron Eagle.<br>(Which begs the question..which is worse; deluded skinhead or deluded yuppie scumbag?)<br><br>Of course, when he tells the story, he never mentions his bother and me counselling him...he makes it sound like he had some "moment of clarity" and decided against it ('cuz he's a bit of a megalomaniac and a jackass).<br><br>I've got another friend who is a tattoo artist.<br>He and I used to beat up Nazi skinheads in the 80s together and he refuses to do swastikas.<br>He doesn't get mad about it; he just refers them to another shop.<br>He does the cover-ups for free, so several people have left his shop with Iron Eagle and Diamond tattoos.<br>(If I had a nickel for every one of those I'd seen...)<br>He considers it a victory, as well.<br><br>As to Genesis P-Orridge...I've met her when she was starring in a film that a guy I knew made.<br>Told me a story about one of the guys from TG going to jail and being hassled by the Aryan lads inside.<br>Then one of them saw the tattoo that he had, which looks like the one below.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.mobilization.com/images/artists/tg/throbbing_gristle.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Apparently this gave the Aryan the idea that he was already a high level member of the Aryan Whatever and they left him alone.<br>I highly doubt that TG ever had any affiliation with any racist group.<br><br>Now, Boyd Rice from NON (who TG played with a few times) on the other hand is a fascist, Satanist nutjob.<br> <p></p><i></i>