Since I’m currently in America, I thought I’d share Scott’s Liberty or Death tattoo, by Big James at Artistic Armor (love the name of the studio by the way) in Tampa, Florida. Scott writes,
The rattlesnake is taken from a Revolutionary War era "Gadsden Flag". It represents colonists standing up to England — "She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. She never wounds 'till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy."
Anyway, I’ll try and post more when I get back on Tuesday, but officially I’m starting up again on Wednesday and will also start working on an entirely new format for ModBlog shortly to make it more searchable and so on.
Comments
4 responses to “Gadsen Flag Tattoo”
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Posted on 05-22-2006 12:15:43 by volatile
As a diehard pacifist (and Englishman 😉 ) I can’t agree 100% with the sentiment expressed, but even a utopic hippie like me can see the logic and elegance in that.
Pity more people on Fark don’t engage with themselves or thier ideoloiges in this way…
Posted on 05-22-2006 14:49:04 by sinophile
This is GREAT.
Posted on 05-22-2006 16:47:06 by jason
i agree with volatile
Posted on 05-22-2006 17:11:33 by fre_k
I thought the slogan was ‘Don’t tread on me’???
Posted on 05-22-2006 21:15:59 by outmywindow
Just to stand out, I’m going to express my agreement with the wearer of this tattoo. Call me old fashioned, but sometimes, a fight is about all there is that can bring a situation to an end…
Also, the tattoo is just genuinely nice looking!
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:01:30 by caitlin
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=57587712&permanent=0
Ew, just found this.
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:10:42 by caitlin again
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Clothing/Menswear/Novelty-adult/auction-57199204.htm
Wait, this is worse. Plus, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the eyebrow picture off the main BME piercing page, and thus copyrite?
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:14:11 by last time from me
haha reported them. Sorry guys, I’m bored.
Posted on 05-23-2006 11:18:06 by Salinger
This is actually a representation of the Culpeper Minutemen’s flag. It’s basically a Gadsden Flag, but with an added ‘Liberty or Death’ slogan.
Posted on 05-24-2006 16:11:01 by LisaBoBisa
This is not on topic at all, but is the QOD coming back?
Posted on 05-24-2006 18:37:55 by fre_k
I think the server is just down, it should be coming back.
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:17:12 by /
i think shannon needs to get off his butt and fix the qod i miss it so much.
ly shannon
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:20:57 by *
I was going to ask about QOD as well.
Why fix something that’s not broken when there’s something else that’s out-of-order?!
Eh, maybe he’s got somebody else trying to fix it now, for all I know.
Posted on 05-25-2006 19:57:34 by …
I find myself getting bored with BME lately because there’s no QOD that gets updated daily. IAM got boring for me quickly, and I’ve already looked at all the pics. Ho hum, perhaps I just have a short attention span.
Posted on 05-25-2006 21:39:30 by chuckles
what’s a QOD?
Posted on 05-25-2006 23:40:17 by …
The question and answer part of BME. It’s been “offline” for weeks now.
Posted on 05-26-2006 01:21:38 by off topic
I realize this is the wrong forum to post this about… this is about the “bad vs. good tribal” tattoos that was on modblog a few days ago. I find it very shitty of you, glider, to trash on the tattoo of somebody who is contributing to YOUR site. Without people to contribute, where would you be? But we’re all just “untrained eyes” and stupid so we all bow down to you as the ruler of our modified world. Hypocritical.
Posted on 05-26-2006 02:32:52 by curlyhare1
leave him alone, the qod isnt making him any money, and thus isnt of the utmost importance
Posted on 05-26-2006 10:32:14 by s alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it\’ll get fixed.
‘);
QOD – Shannon has alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it’ll get fixed.
‘);
Posted on thing – Yes the second one was a poorer quility over all, and yes pics sent in make this website, but that doesn\’t mean alot of them feature badly done mods. Seen the pics of all the surface piercings on the site? Most of them will reject and cause scars thanks to bad jewllery and bad piercers. And thats all because someone didnt do their homework (same as the tribal guy).
The following comments were imported from our old comment system:
Posted on 05-22-2006 12:15:43 by volatile
As a diehard pacifist (and Englishman 😉 ) I can’t agree 100% with the sentiment expressed, but even a utopic hippie like me can see the logic and elegance in that.
Pity more people on Fark don’t engage with themselves or thier ideoloiges in this way…
Posted on 05-22-2006 14:49:04 by sinophile
This is GREAT.
Posted on 05-22-2006 16:47:06 by jason
i agree with volatile
Posted on 05-22-2006 17:11:33 by fre_k
I thought the slogan was ‘Don’t tread on me’???
Posted on 05-22-2006 21:15:59 by outmywindow
Just to stand out, I’m going to express my agreement with the wearer of this tattoo. Call me old fashioned, but sometimes, a fight is about all there is that can bring a situation to an end…
Also, the tattoo is just genuinely nice looking!
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:01:30 by caitlin
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=57587712&permanent=0
Ew, just found this.
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:10:42 by caitlin again
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Clothing/Menswear/Novelty-adult/auction-57199204.htm
Wait, this is worse. Plus, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the eyebrow picture off the main BME piercing page, and thus copyrite?
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:14:11 by last time from me
haha reported them. Sorry guys, I’m bored.
Posted on 05-23-2006 11:18:06 by Salinger
This is actually a representation of the Culpeper Minutemen’s flag. It’s basically a Gadsden Flag, but with an added ‘Liberty or Death’ slogan.
Posted on 05-24-2006 16:11:01 by LisaBoBisa
This is not on topic at all, but is the QOD coming back?
Posted on 05-24-2006 18:37:55 by fre_k
I think the server is just down, it should be coming back.
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:17:12 by /
i think shannon needs to get off his butt and fix the qod i miss it so much.
ly shannon
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:20:57 by *
I was going to ask about QOD as well.
Why fix something that’s not broken when there’s something else that’s out-of-order?!
Eh, maybe he’s got somebody else trying to fix it now, for all I know.
Posted on 05-25-2006 19:57:34 by …
I find myself getting bored with BME lately because there’s no QOD that gets updated daily. IAM got boring for me quickly, and I’ve already looked at all the pics. Ho hum, perhaps I just have a short attention span.
Posted on 05-25-2006 21:39:30 by chuckles
what’s a QOD?
Posted on 05-25-2006 23:40:17 by …
The question and answer part of BME. It’s been “offline” for weeks now.
Posted on 05-26-2006 01:21:38 by off topic
I realize this is the wrong forum to post this about… this is about the “bad vs. good tribal” tattoos that was on modblog a few days ago. I find it very shitty of you, glider, to trash on the tattoo of somebody who is contributing to YOUR site. Without people to contribute, where would you be? But we’re all just “untrained eyes” and stupid so we all bow down to you as the ruler of our modified world. Hypocritical.
Posted on 05-26-2006 02:32:52 by curlyhare1
leave him alone, the qod isnt making him any money, and thus isnt of the utmost importance
Posted on 05-26-2006 10:32:14 by s alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it\’ll get fixed.
‘);
QOD – Shannon has alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it’ll get fixed.
‘);
Posted on thing – Yes the second one was a poorer quility over all, and yes pics sent in make this website, but that doesn\’t mean alot of them feature badly done mods. Seen the pics of all the surface piercings on the site? Most of them will reject and cause scars thanks to bad jewllery and bad piercers. And thats all because someone didnt do their homework (same as the tribal guy).
The following comments were imported from our old comment system:
Posted on 05-22-2006 12:15:43 by volatile
As a diehard pacifist (and Englishman 😉 ) I can’t agree 100% with the sentiment expressed, but even a utopic hippie like me can see the logic and elegance in that.
Pity more people on Fark don’t engage with themselves or thier ideoloiges in this way…
Posted on 05-22-2006 14:49:04 by sinophile
This is GREAT.
Posted on 05-22-2006 16:47:06 by jason
i agree with volatile
Posted on 05-22-2006 17:11:33 by fre_k
I thought the slogan was ‘Don’t tread on me’???
Posted on 05-22-2006 21:15:59 by outmywindow
Just to stand out, I’m going to express my agreement with the wearer of this tattoo. Call me old fashioned, but sometimes, a fight is about all there is that can bring a situation to an end…
Also, the tattoo is just genuinely nice looking!
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:01:30 by caitlin
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=57587712&permanent=0
Ew, just found this.
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:10:42 by caitlin again
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Clothing/Menswear/Novelty-adult/auction-57199204.htm
Wait, this is worse. Plus, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the eyebrow picture off the main BME piercing page, and thus copyrite?
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:14:11 by last time from me
haha reported them. Sorry guys, I’m bored.
Posted on 05-23-2006 11:18:06 by Salinger
This is actually a representation of the Culpeper Minutemen’s flag. It’s basically a Gadsden Flag, but with an added ‘Liberty or Death’ slogan.
Posted on 05-24-2006 16:11:01 by LisaBoBisa
This is not on topic at all, but is the QOD coming back?
Posted on 05-24-2006 18:37:55 by fre_k
I think the server is just down, it should be coming back.
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:17:12 by /
i think shannon needs to get off his butt and fix the qod i miss it so much.
ly shannon
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:20:57 by *
I was going to ask about QOD as well.
Why fix something that’s not broken when there’s something else that’s out-of-order?!
Eh, maybe he’s got somebody else trying to fix it now, for all I know.
Posted on 05-25-2006 19:57:34 by …
I find myself getting bored with BME lately because there’s no QOD that gets updated daily. IAM got boring for me quickly, and I’ve already looked at all the pics. Ho hum, perhaps I just have a short attention span.
Posted on 05-25-2006 21:39:30 by chuckles
what’s a QOD?
Posted on 05-25-2006 23:40:17 by …
The question and answer part of BME. It’s been “offline” for weeks now.
Posted on 05-26-2006 01:21:38 by off topic
I realize this is the wrong forum to post this about… this is about the “bad vs. good tribal” tattoos that was on modblog a few days ago. I find it very shitty of you, glider, to trash on the tattoo of somebody who is contributing to YOUR site. Without people to contribute, where would you be? But we’re all just “untrained eyes” and stupid so we all bow down to you as the ruler of our modified world. Hypocritical.
Posted on 05-26-2006 02:32:52 by curlyhare1
leave him alone, the qod isnt making him any money, and thus isnt of the utmost importance
Posted on 05-26-2006 10:32:14 by s alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it\’ll get fixed.
‘);
QOD – Shannon has alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it’ll get fixed.
‘);
Posted on thing – Yes the second one was a poorer quility over all, and yes pics sent in make this website, but that doesn\’t mean alot of them feature badly done mods. Seen the pics of all the surface piercings on the site? Most of them will reject and cause scars thanks to bad jewllery and bad piercers. And thats all because someone didnt do their homework (same as the tribal guy).
The following comments were imported from our old comment system:
Posted on 05-22-2006 12:15:43 by volatile
As a diehard pacifist (and Englishman 😉 ) I can’t agree 100% with the sentiment expressed, but even a utopic hippie like me can see the logic and elegance in that.
Pity more people on Fark don’t engage with themselves or thier ideoloiges in this way…
Posted on 05-22-2006 14:49:04 by sinophile
This is GREAT.
Posted on 05-22-2006 16:47:06 by jason
i agree with volatile
Posted on 05-22-2006 17:11:33 by fre_k
I thought the slogan was ‘Don’t tread on me’???
Posted on 05-22-2006 21:15:59 by outmywindow
Just to stand out, I’m going to express my agreement with the wearer of this tattoo. Call me old fashioned, but sometimes, a fight is about all there is that can bring a situation to an end…
Also, the tattoo is just genuinely nice looking!
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:01:30 by caitlin
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=57587712&permanent=0
Ew, just found this.
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:10:42 by caitlin again
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Clothing/Menswear/Novelty-adult/auction-57199204.htm
Wait, this is worse. Plus, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the eyebrow picture off the main BME piercing page, and thus copyrite?
Posted on 05-23-2006 01:14:11 by last time from me
haha reported them. Sorry guys, I’m bored.
Posted on 05-23-2006 11:18:06 by Salinger
This is actually a representation of the Culpeper Minutemen’s flag. It’s basically a Gadsden Flag, but with an added ‘Liberty or Death’ slogan.
Posted on 05-24-2006 16:11:01 by LisaBoBisa
This is not on topic at all, but is the QOD coming back?
Posted on 05-24-2006 18:37:55 by fre_k
I think the server is just down, it should be coming back.
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:17:12 by /
i think shannon needs to get off his butt and fix the qod i miss it so much.
ly shannon
Posted on 05-25-2006 16:20:57 by *
I was going to ask about QOD as well.
Why fix something that’s not broken when there’s something else that’s out-of-order?!
Eh, maybe he’s got somebody else trying to fix it now, for all I know.
Posted on 05-25-2006 19:57:34 by …
I find myself getting bored with BME lately because there’s no QOD that gets updated daily. IAM got boring for me quickly, and I’ve already looked at all the pics. Ho hum, perhaps I just have a short attention span.
Posted on 05-25-2006 21:39:30 by chuckles
what’s a QOD?
Posted on 05-25-2006 23:40:17 by …
The question and answer part of BME. It’s been “offline” for weeks now.
Posted on 05-26-2006 01:21:38 by off topic
I realize this is the wrong forum to post this about… this is about the “bad vs. good tribal” tattoos that was on modblog a few days ago. I find it very shitty of you, glider, to trash on the tattoo of somebody who is contributing to YOUR site. Without people to contribute, where would you be? But we’re all just “untrained eyes” and stupid so we all bow down to you as the ruler of our modified world. Hypocritical.
Posted on 05-26-2006 02:32:52 by curlyhare1
leave him alone, the qod isnt making him any money, and thus isnt of the utmost importance
Posted on 05-26-2006 10:32:14 by s alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it\’ll get fixed.
‘);
QOD – Shannon has alot on at the moment (as always), leave him alone, it’ll get fixed.
‘);
Posted on thing – Yes the second one was a poorer quility over all, and yes pics sent in make this website, but that doesn\’t mean alot of them feature badly done mods. Seen the pics of all the surface piercings on the site? Most of them will reject and cause scars thanks to bad jewllery and bad piercers. And thats all because someone didnt do their homework (same as the tribal guy).