<div dir="ltr"><div>To let off some steam, I compiled a list of ways to correct one's old "white power" tattoo with the cheaper method of adding MORE ink, presuming removing ink is more expensive (which I bet it is and is also more painful probably and has other issues that come with it), all of which are embarrassing but less embarrassing than the phrase "white power" itself:<br>
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<div><br>*"I Want to Marry the White Power Ranger" with an image of Tommy Oliver in a groom's outfit above it (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver</a>).<br>
</div>*"Williams & White Power Saw" (<a href="http://www.woodproductsonlineexpo.com/content.php/703/2371/williams_white_round_saw_leveller.html" target="_blank">http://www.woodproductsonlineexpo.com/content.php/703/2371/williams_white_round_saw_leveller.html</a>) inside a heart, clearly indicating you are a huge fan of these machines.<br>
*"Please help me Kickstart a campaign to get this White Power
tattoo removed from my arm." The person who buys the highest tier gets
their name tattoed in its stead, after the laser removal surgery.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Liz Henry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lizhenry@gmail.com" target="_blank">lizhenry@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Snail you are not the only one, this is ridiculous and embarrassing. If someone has a white power tattoo that they hypothetically regret, they can cover it up out of shame and regret, and so as not to piss off, insult, and alarm everyone not racist in their vicinity. So, fuck that guy. <br>
<br>I am glad someone had the sense, twice, to kick him out. That speaks well for noisebridge's culture, even if some people on the list are like Oh No What About Mr Nazi's Feelings. <br><br>Anyone else who wants to reveal their overtly racist body modifications feel free to show them off so that we know to kick you the hell out of the space.<br>
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cheerfully,<br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
- Liz<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Snail <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:snailtsunami@gmail.com" target="_blank">snailtsunami@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>....<br><br>Am I the only one here reading these two comments and saying "WHAT THE EVERLASTING FUCK?? HOW ARE YOU SO OK WITH THIS. I AM NOT OK WITH THIS. THIS IS NOT OK."<br>
<br></div><div>I don't feel very casual or comfortable at all about someone waltzing around with a white power slogan, whether they "mean it" or not. If they didn't "mean it" they would know better, they would know to cover it up, because this shit is scary.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Andrew Byrne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@pachakutech.com" target="_blank">andrew@pachakutech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">I've known people--skinheads--who've infiltrated violent racist skinhead groups with great success; I realize people have a lot of reasons to get inked and he may enjoy being approached about it in a friendly, initially non-judgmental manner. If he's going to be a regular, I'd like to be able to explain to others why I'm OK with him being here. <br>
-dru</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 17, 2013 4:35 PM, "maestro" <<a href="mailto:maestro415@gmail.com" target="_blank">maestro415@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
# some beings want you to walk on eggshells even @ NB.<div># bet you 73 bitcoins if it was a black chick with ink that said>></div><div># black pride or black power or another culture doing the same>></div><div>
# NO ONE would say a word about it, especially to them.</div><div># do they actually know what the asian ink SAYS and MEANS>></div><div># that comes through the house?</div><div># the latino ink?</div><div># the russian ink?</div>
<div># the invisible ink?</div><div># nope.</div><div><br></div><div># +1 jim</div><div># and white power isn't always a racial slogan it's the rascist minds>></div><div># and race baiters that interpret it that way and want others to.</div>
<div># though of course it *is* used by beings with negative intonation.</div><div># how does anyone know he didn't do it in the pen to get affiliated and>><br># survive.</div><div><br></div><div>end comments<br>
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