It’s time again for the weekly news round up. This week we’re going to get started with a story that a lot of people sent in. Before I get into it I want to remind people that the person involved in the story is friends with many ModBlog readers and as it stands is currently being charged with a crime, he has not been convicted. The reason I bring this up is because of the nature of the reporting surrounding this story. As some of you know by now, Caius has been charged with homicide and is currently awaiting a trial. He is best known for his large array of heavy facial modifications, and as such the media is latching on to this. What shouldn’t come as a surprise is how the media is handling the story. Reactions have been mixed. Agencies like ABC news touch briefly on his modifications (while using his photo to garner attention), while other outlets like The Sun are completely ignoring facts and just making assumptions based on photos. Here’s what ABC News had to say:
A ranking Hells Angels member in western Massachusetts and two acquaintances charged in a triple murder killed one of the victims to prevent him from testifying in a kidnapping and assault trial and killed the other two men to eliminate witnesses, according to a police report released Monday. The probable cause report by Massachusetts State Police describes how Adam Lee Hall, 34, the reputed sergeant at arms of the Berkshire County chapter of the Hells Angels, allegedly was involved in a dispute over an automobile part in 2009 that escalated into a series of criminal acts that ended with the killings of the three men. Their bodies were found buried in an undisclosed location in the county Saturday. Hall and his two associates, David Chalue, 44, and Caius Veiovis, 31, entered not guilty pleas to murder, kidnapping and other charges and were ordered held without bail during their arraignments in District Court in Pittsfield on Monday. They’re set to return to court Oct. 12.
Witnesses told state police that before the three victims went missing, Hall was talking about how Glasser had to “disappear” before the trial, and that after the abductions Hall said something about “when the three men were taken,” the report says. State police also said witnesses saw a man fitting Hall’s description tossing shoes, clothing and other items off a bridge in nearby Lenox just minutes after authorities entered Glasser’s apartment looking for the missing men. One of those witnesses later identified Hall from a photo array, police said. Police also said tests on the inside of Veiovis’ vehicle came up positive for the presence of blood, although whose blood isn’t clear.
Lawyers for Chalue and Veiovis, who is also known as Roy Gutfinski, declined to comment on the allegations. Many questions remain unanswered. District Attorney David Capeless declined to say where exactly the bodies were found, how the three men died and how Hall, Chalue and Veiovis knew each other. Authorities have said they don’t believe Chalue and Veiovis were members of the Hells Angels.
So as you can see, with the exception of the photo, Caius is only mentioned as being arrested based off evidence found in his car, and that he isn’t a member of the Hells Angels. Now, we flip over to another “news” agency, The Sun, and see what they had to say about the story. Keep in mind they only information both news agencies have is based off the arrest record and mug shots.
With a sinister ’666′ emblazoned across his forehead and horn implants sticking out of his head, this murder suspect poses for one of the most frightening mugshots ever. Caius Veiovis’ chilling face also includes spiked nose piercings and angry tattoos across his body. The heavily-pierced Satanist changed his name from Roy Gutfinski to Caius Veiovis with Veiovis a god of the underworld and Caius a character in the Twilight saga.
Yep, he’s a twilight vampire. There are other stories floating about claiming that he’s actually a member of the Hell’s Angels, as well as several other outlandish claims, and yet in all of those stories he’s being judged not based on any evidence, but simply because he has modified himself to appear the way he wants to. It seems that for every step forward towards acceptance we take, someone is there to push us back. Think back to a few months ago when Lady Gaga debuted a music video featuring Zombie Boy and dancers with fake facial implants. Nobody had a problem with that, and she was applauded by the media for tackling issues of acceptance. Fast forward to today when someone who looks different than others has already been found guilty by the media simply for looking different.
Thankfully this isn’t the only story this week, so I won’t dwell on it any further. Keep on reading to check out the rest of the news, including a fantastic interview with Ottawa artist Glen Paradis.
While parts of the world are demonizing them, other parts are celebrating modifications. The Ripley’s Believe It or Not wax museum has invited Maria Jose Cristerna, Mexico’s “Vampire Woman” to be their newest wax figure.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! took body casts of Maria Jose Cristerna, known as the Mexican Vampire Woman, on Friday. Cisterna has titanium implants that serve as horns. She also has fangs, piercings and tattoos. She said she made the transformation after a period of domestic violence. Ripley’s will create a wax figure of Cisterna.
While I wasn’t able to link photos, the article above has an interview with Maria where she talks about what modifications she has, what she plans on getting, and the meanings behind it all.
Tattoo artists in Phoenix, AZ are upset over a proposed new tax that is being billed as a “Sin Tax” which specifically targets tattoo studios and strip clubs.
The Phoenix Food Tax left a bad taste in many people’s mouths. It generated $28-million extra for the city, but the added tax was unwelcome with people struggling to stay afloat in the down economy. That tax runs out in 2015, and leaders are already looking at other options. One of them could include a so-called “sin tax.” Right now it’s just an idea being looked into by the Phoenix City Council. The idea is to raise extra revenue for the city if the food tax expires by taxing things like strip clubs and tattoo parlors. As you can imagine, tattoo artists in Phoenix are hoping this sin tax doesn’t go through.
At 27 Tattoo Studio in downtown Phoenix, tattoo artist Mark Mayhem has built up a loyal clientele. He worries what would happen at tattoo parlors around the city if the so-called “sin tax” is passed. “As to be expected from an artist, I really feel like it’s going to hurt some of our business,” he says. Mayhem says the idea of taxing something like a tattoo is going too far, and that it shouldn’t be lumped together with strip clubs and other vices that could be taxed. “I’m an artist. That would be like taxing painters or authors. But, I hope it doesn’t go through.”
I’m kind of curious as to how a tax on strip clubs will work. Does it apply to lap dances only or will giving a tip require the dancer to stop and calculate the tax added to it?
Today’s final story is one that’s a lot more positive than the one we started with today. Glen Paradis, an Ottawa tattoo artist, recently did an interview with The Ottawa Citizen. There was no sensationalism, no hype, just a great interview with one of the country’s finest artists.
These are three things that many people look for in a tattoo: good, fast and cheap. Glen Paradis says he can deliver any two, but at the exclusion of the third. You want good and fast? It won’t be cheap. You want fast and cheap? It won’t be any good. And if you want, say, a tattoo of a huge spider on your face, he suggests you go elsewhere.
The 41-year-old tattoo artist has spent the last decade at New Moon Tattoo — he’s currently at their Orléans location — where he’s become so good that clients can expect to wait up to seven months for him to stick needles loaded with indelible ink into their skin. He compares the loyalty of his customers to that of car owners who return repeatedly to a good auto mechanic.
For the first while he only tattooed grapefruits, practising drawing straight lines, circles, corners, squares and maple leafs on the soft, round fruit, learning to complete designs with just one or two passes of the needle thus keeping any possible damage to the skin to a minimum. From there it was a matter of finding a friend who would let him try his first tattoo on skin. “My buddy Andre let me do three Chinese characters on him. I was a nervous wreck.” For the next couple of months, Paradis tattooed nothing larger than a toonie, working on getting good before trying anything large. “If you jump into something too big, you make mistakes.”
And while doing a complete and original body tattoo — he’s done several full backs, legs and sleeves, but no full bodies — is near the top of his bucket list, he says he’s equally happy doing the profession’s bread-and-butter designs: the hearts, wings, Celtic crosses, roses, stars and tribal motifs. “There’s nothing I hate doing. You want something that’s been done a million times before? I’m going to do it in a million-and-one different ways. You want a rose? Let’s make it fantastic. You want a ladybug? Let’s make it look real. “I just love tattooing. I get to do this every day. I draw every day. I see fantastic people from all over the place and I get to come to work dressed like an 18-year-old kid, listen to music and have a blast.
“I’m going to do this until I die.”
So that’s it for this week’s news. As always, if you find an article that you think should be included. Just send me an e-mail.
Other than that, have a great weekend everyone!
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213 responses to “ModBlog News of the Week: September 16th, 2011”
I completely agree — I have quite a lot of visible tattoos, and no, I’m not fond of the way some people choose to view me as a person because of them. But my tattoos aren’t intended to invite negative attention, and that’s why it bothers me when they do. I have brightly coloured, cartoonish tattoos – I have Sailor Moon and
Sailor Mars on the back of my legs, and yet somehow some parts of society will find a way to be offended by that. Fine. That’s their bias, and their old-fashioned viewpoint. All I can do is act in a way to hopefully change that bias – I work in hospitality, and speak to people on a daily basis. I am polite, well spoken (I hope), and like to be well informed news and politics-wise. I have a part time job, I study fulltime, I’m married and live a very quiet life with my husband and animals. I don’t do drugs and have never been a fan, I have no criminal record, I don’t drink heavily, and I didn’t get pregnant very young like a large part of my age group have done in my area. Infact, people that know me joke about me being the oldest 24 year old they know.
My parents are very straight up and down, and people have asked my mum how she “can stand to watch me do those things to my skin” (delightful, right?). She now answers the same way I do — “I’ve worked fulltime since I was 17, I’m studying, I’m married — I’m not a pregnant crack whore walking the streets with several children in state care – where’s the issue?” Even though it took a while for my parents to get used to the way I look, even they can understand that a person isn’t their looks — but in the case of the guy aforementioned, sometimes the cover IS a dead giveaway to the book behind it. If you choose to have “666″ and a translation of “Fuck off and Die” tattooed on your face, and you don’t want to be judged by it, then don’t give them a reason to be judging — don’t get yourself arrested and convicted of assault, and then don’t get implicated in the murder of three people. In my experience, there’s usually no smoke without fire. (Let’s not be petty idiots and bring up obvious examples of the opposite.)
Or, you know, don’t get that kind of provocative statement put permanently to skin. I’m not sure if I’d trust a guy wearing 666 on his forehead, and I’d like to think of myself as pretty accepting.
I completely agree — I have quite a lot of visible tattoos, and no, I’m not fond of the way some people choose to view me as a person because of them. But my tattoos aren’t intended to invite negative attention, and that’s why it bothers me when they do. I have brightly coloured, cartoonish tattoos – I have Sailor Moon and
Sailor Mars on the back of my legs, and yet somehow some parts of society will find a way to be offended by that. Fine. That’s their bias, and their old-fashioned viewpoint. All I can do is act in a way to hopefully change that bias – I work in hospitality, and speak to people on a daily basis. I am polite, well spoken (I hope), and like to be well informed news and politics-wise. I have a part time job, I study fulltime, I’m married and live a very quiet life with my husband and animals. I don’t do drugs and have never been a fan, I have no criminal record, I don’t drink heavily, and I didn’t get pregnant very young like a large part of my age group have done in my area. Infact, people that know me joke about me being the oldest 24 year old they know.
My parents are very straight up and down, and people have asked my mum how she “can stand to watch me do those things to my skin” (delightful, right?). She now answers the same way I do — “I’ve worked fulltime since I was 17, I’m studying, I’m married — I’m not a pregnant crack whore walking the streets with several children in state care – where’s the issue?” Even though it took a while for my parents to get used to the way I look, even they can understand that a person isn’t their looks — but in the case of the guy aforementioned, sometimes the cover IS a dead giveaway to the book behind it. If you choose to have “666″ and a translation of “Fuck off and Die” tattooed on your face, and you don’t want to be judged by it, then don’t give them a reason to be judging — don’t get yourself arrested and convicted of assault, and then don’t get implicated in the murder of three people. In my experience, there’s usually no smoke without fire. (Let’s not be petty idiots and bring up obvious examples of the opposite.)
Or, you know, don’t get that kind of provocative statement put permanently to skin. I’m not sure if I’d trust a guy wearing 666 on his forehead, and I’d like to think of myself as pretty accepting.
American media isn’t discriminating against modified people in particular. They do this to everyone:
Man accused of rape? Instantly guilty in the eyes of the media for being a man.
Crime among young minorities? Parents are harshly judged, shamed, and deemed responsible.
Pretty white girl goes missing? Media largely ignores similar cases involving people of other races, genders, and economic standing.
And those are just a few examples.
The difference between the above cases and this one is that every single day the media crucifies people for things they have absolutely no control over, however this man is being judged based on the choices he made – right down to his appearance. This is a man who chose to have “Fuck off and die” tattooed to his face and then chose a path of criminal behavior.
Am I saying it’s right for the media to interject with shallow opinion and speculation? Absolutely not. But it’s a far cry from discrimination when you consider that the media frequently treats everyone in this manner.
American media isn’t discriminating against modified people in particular. They do this to everyone:
Man accused of rape? Instantly guilty in the eyes of the media for being a man.
Crime among young minorities? Parents are harshly judged, shamed, and deemed responsible.
Pretty white girl goes missing? Media largely ignores similar cases involving people of other races, genders, and economic standing.
And those are just a few examples.
The difference between the above cases and this one is that every single day the media crucifies people for things they have absolutely no control over, however this man is being judged based on the choices he made – right down to his appearance. This is a man who chose to have “Fuck off and die” tattooed to his face and then chose a path of criminal behavior.
Am I saying it’s right for the media to interject with shallow opinion and speculation? Absolutely not. But it’s a far cry from discrimination when you consider that the media frequently treats everyone in this manner.
American media isn’t discriminating against modified people in particular. They do this to everyone:
Man accused of rape? Instantly guilty in the eyes of the media for being a man.
Crime among young minorities? Parents are harshly judged, shamed, and deemed responsible.
Pretty white girl goes missing? Media largely ignores similar cases involving people of other races, genders, and economic standing.
And those are just a few examples.
The difference between the above cases and this one is that every single day the media crucifies people for things they have absolutely no control over, however this man is being judged based on the choices he made – right down to his appearance. This is a man who chose to have “Fuck off and die” tattooed to his face and then chose a path of criminal behavior.
Am I saying it’s right for the media to interject with shallow opinion and speculation? Absolutely not. But it’s a far cry from discrimination when you consider that the media frequently treats everyone in this manner.
He was really cool (post prison) after his full side of face branding was posted. Funny how opinions change. No one commented on any of his other less ‘friendly’ mods then. And he had them all, bar the runes.
He was really cool (post prison) after his full side of face branding was posted. Funny how opinions change. No one commented on any of his other less ‘friendly’ mods then. And he had them all, bar the runes.
He was really cool (post prison) after his full side of face branding was posted. Funny how opinions change. No one commented on any of his other less ‘friendly’ mods then. And he had them all, bar the runes.
@Veal: HE was cool? The branding is bad-ass, but that doesn’t say anything about the person. Isn’t that the point of this discussion? His branding is awesome to us, scary to others, but none of that comments on Trash as a person. The difference is that post wasn’t concerned with Trash being charged with triple homicide. This one is. Hence the negative reaction. It’s also concerned with Rob’s contention that the non-modified are trying to oppress the modified, which is a load of crap. There is no “modified” just as there is no “them” oppressing it. There are only people, individuals who make their own conscious decisions. Trash should be blamed for casting a negative shadow on tattooing and body modification practises.
@Veal: HE was cool? The branding is bad-ass, but that doesn’t say anything about the person. Isn’t that the point of this discussion? His branding is awesome to us, scary to others, but none of that comments on Trash as a person. The difference is that post wasn’t concerned with Trash being charged with triple homicide. This one is. Hence the negative reaction. It’s also concerned with Rob’s contention that the non-modified are trying to oppress the modified, which is a load of crap. There is no “modified” just as there is no “them” oppressing it. There are only people, individuals who make their own conscious decisions. Trash should be blamed for casting a negative shadow on tattooing and body modification practises.
@Veal: HE was cool? The branding is bad-ass, but that doesn’t say anything about the person. Isn’t that the point of this discussion? His branding is awesome to us, scary to others, but none of that comments on Trash as a person. The difference is that post wasn’t concerned with Trash being charged with triple homicide. This one is. Hence the negative reaction. It’s also concerned with Rob’s contention that the non-modified are trying to oppress the modified, which is a load of crap. There is no “modified” just as there is no “them” oppressing it. There are only people, individuals who make their own conscious decisions. Trash should be blamed for casting a negative shadow on tattooing and body modification practises.
666 AND “Fuck off and die” on his face?
that is some classy shit right there
666 AND “Fuck off and die” on his face?
that is some classy shit right there
666 AND “Fuck off and die” on his face?
that is some classy shit right there
He was perceived by some people as being cool, in the comments forum, because of his branding, now a lot of emphasis is being put on him for creating a negative image in particular because of the satanic tattoos (even though the branding was also satanic) I was just pointing out an irony, not actually calling him really cool myself 🙂
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He was perceived by some people as being cool, in the comments forum, because of his branding, now a lot of emphasis is being put on him for creating a negative image in particular because of the satanic tattoos (even though the branding was also satanic) I was just pointing out an irony, not actually calling him really cool myself 🙂
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He was perceived by some people as being cool, in the comments forum, because of his branding, now a lot of emphasis is being put on him for creating a negative image in particular because of the satanic tattoos (even though the branding was also satanic) I was just pointing out an irony, not actually calling him really cool myself 🙂
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i dont care wether he has face mods or no facial mods –
if he did it he should serve the time.
but knowing “the sun” (im from the uk) and their crazy way of reporting, im not surprised he isnt being reported as a shop lifting murderous, woman hating child molester who rapes kid and dogs with his horns and then shits on them! The sun is full of shit about everything, in fact i would go as far to say if you have read it in the sun, buy another paper and check out the story again!
i dont care wether he has face mods or no facial mods –
if he did it he should serve the time.
but knowing “the sun” (im from the uk) and their crazy way of reporting, im not surprised he isnt being reported as a shop lifting murderous, woman hating child molester who rapes kid and dogs with his horns and then shits on them! The sun is full of shit about everything, in fact i would go as far to say if you have read it in the sun, buy another paper and check out the story again!
i dont care wether he has face mods or no facial mods –
if he did it he should serve the time.
but knowing “the sun” (im from the uk) and their crazy way of reporting, im not surprised he isnt being reported as a shop lifting murderous, woman hating child molester who rapes kid and dogs with his horns and then shits on them! The sun is full of shit about everything, in fact i would go as far to say if you have read it in the sun, buy another paper and check out the story again!
I’m not going to comment on the articles or the story itself. His guilt or innocence is in the hands of the courts and hopefully they will decide correctly. I just wanted to say that I tend to agree with the majority of what Jon P is saying.
When it boils down to it, media sensationalizes everything. The fact that he is so unusual looking, even in modified circles, is certainly going to be talked about and met with very typical reactions by people who are just not at all familiar with heavily modified individuals. Unfortunately, for most of these people, the only time they’ll see such a heavily modified person is in a case like this where they’ve made the news because they’re accused of a crime. There’s a reason I tend to avoid ever reading the comments section of news sites… 🙂
I’m not going to comment on the articles or the story itself. His guilt or innocence is in the hands of the courts and hopefully they will decide correctly. I just wanted to say that I tend to agree with the majority of what Jon P is saying.
When it boils down to it, media sensationalizes everything. The fact that he is so unusual looking, even in modified circles, is certainly going to be talked about and met with very typical reactions by people who are just not at all familiar with heavily modified individuals. Unfortunately, for most of these people, the only time they’ll see such a heavily modified person is in a case like this where they’ve made the news because they’re accused of a crime. There’s a reason I tend to avoid ever reading the comments section of news sites… 🙂
I’m not going to comment on the articles or the story itself. His guilt or innocence is in the hands of the courts and hopefully they will decide correctly. I just wanted to say that I tend to agree with the majority of what Jon P is saying.
When it boils down to it, media sensationalizes everything. The fact that he is so unusual looking, even in modified circles, is certainly going to be talked about and met with very typical reactions by people who are just not at all familiar with heavily modified individuals. Unfortunately, for most of these people, the only time they’ll see such a heavily modified person is in a case like this where they’ve made the news because they’re accused of a crime. There’s a reason I tend to avoid ever reading the comments section of news sites… 🙂
@19 – FOAD I agree on, but there are symbols before and after that are hard to make out in these photos and I don’t recognize what I can see as runes. Also, runes has several other meanings depending on age and context.
It would be nice to have a better photo but his 666 tattoo does make “Fuck Off And Die” very likely.
@19 – FOAD I agree on, but there are symbols before and after that are hard to make out in these photos and I don’t recognize what I can see as runes. Also, runes has several other meanings depending on age and context.
It would be nice to have a better photo but his 666 tattoo does make “Fuck Off And Die” very likely.
@19 – FOAD I agree on, but there are symbols before and after that are hard to make out in these photos and I don’t recognize what I can see as runes. Also, runes has several other meanings depending on age and context.
It would be nice to have a better photo but his 666 tattoo does make “Fuck Off And Die” very likely.
Please tell me he doesn’t go by something from Twilight on purpose.
Please tell me he doesn’t go by something from Twilight on purpose.
Please tell me he doesn’t go by something from Twilight on purpose.
Also, you’re straight up asking to be treated differently when you get something like “666″ tattooed on your FOREHEAD. I mean, honestly, be more of an attention whore.
Also, you’re straight up asking to be treated differently when you get something like “666″ tattooed on your FOREHEAD. I mean, honestly, be more of an attention whore.
Also, you’re straight up asking to be treated differently when you get something like “666″ tattooed on your FOREHEAD. I mean, honestly, be more of an attention whore.
All subcultures are microcosms of the wider mainstream culture/s in which they exist, so I find it funny that certain people are asking for a “kumbayah” hand-in-hand outlook on this kind of thing. If someone’s a fuck-up, shit-at-life piece of trash, like this guy almost certainly is, why the hell should the rest of us stick up for them simply because they had an IAM page and have some serious mods?
All subcultures are microcosms of the wider mainstream culture/s in which they exist, so I find it funny that certain people are asking for a “kumbayah” hand-in-hand outlook on this kind of thing. If someone’s a fuck-up, shit-at-life piece of trash, like this guy almost certainly is, why the hell should the rest of us stick up for them simply because they had an IAM page and have some serious mods?
All subcultures are microcosms of the wider mainstream culture/s in which they exist, so I find it funny that certain people are asking for a “kumbayah” hand-in-hand outlook on this kind of thing. If someone’s a fuck-up, shit-at-life piece of trash, like this guy almost certainly is, why the hell should the rest of us stick up for them simply because they had an IAM page and have some serious mods?
Caius Veiovis is such a poser!
If he’d really be evil antichrist, he would wear suit!
Caius Veiovis is such a poser!
If he’d really be evil antichrist, he would wear suit!
Caius Veiovis is such a poser!
If he’d really be evil antichrist, he would wear suit!
Instead of making things all conspiratorial, just explain. Having heard from the concerned party feel free to delete my entry, and this one too if ya like 😀 lol
Instead of making things all conspiratorial, just explain. Having heard from the concerned party feel free to delete my entry, and this one too if ya like 😀 lol
Instead of making things all conspiratorial, just explain. Having heard from the concerned party feel free to delete my entry, and this one too if ya like 😀 lol
It may be wise not to mention who his work was done by. The media is in an up roar and digging into any lead they can about him…. Mainly who did his work. This article should have been left off Modblog. This site makes me absolutely sick. Mind your own fucking business and do something more useful with your time instead of passing judgement on someone most of you don’t know personally. Bad judgement call on posting this article Rob. Flat out bad judgement.
It may be wise not to mention who his work was done by. The media is in an up roar and digging into any lead they can about him…. Mainly who did his work. This article should have been left off Modblog. This site makes me absolutely sick. Mind your own fucking business and do something more useful with your time instead of passing judgement on someone most of you don’t know personally. Bad judgement call on posting this article Rob. Flat out bad judgement.
It may be wise not to mention who his work was done by. The media is in an up roar and digging into any lead they can about him…. Mainly who did his work. This article should have been left off Modblog. This site makes me absolutely sick. Mind your own fucking business and do something more useful with your time instead of passing judgement on someone most of you don’t know personally. Bad judgement call on posting this article Rob. Flat out bad judgement.
I’m aware of that, hence my request to delete the posts I made above.
I’m just saddened that someone who was part of the Iam community (The Ghoul) a friend to many, as him and someone who truly devoted himself to his body transformation and ritual is now being erased and virtually white-washed from BME. I understand certain people not wanting to get involved with the media, but to everyone else, he was an interesting and articulate guy, I for one enjoyed chatting with him on Iam.
Please remember, INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY.
I’m aware of that, hence my request to delete the posts I made above.
I’m just saddened that someone who was part of the Iam community (The Ghoul) a friend to many, as him and someone who truly devoted himself to his body transformation and ritual is now being erased and virtually white-washed from BME. I understand certain people not wanting to get involved with the media, but to everyone else, he was an interesting and articulate guy, I for one enjoyed chatting with him on Iam.
Please remember, INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY.
I’m aware of that, hence my request to delete the posts I made above.
I’m just saddened that someone who was part of the Iam community (The Ghoul) a friend to many, as him and someone who truly devoted himself to his body transformation and ritual is now being erased and virtually white-washed from BME. I understand certain people not wanting to get involved with the media, but to everyone else, he was an interesting and articulate guy, I for one enjoyed chatting with him on Iam.
Please remember, INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY.
All I got from what Rob was trying to say is that it kind of sucks that the media latches on to his mods so much. (Yes, he got 666 tattooed on his forehead blah blah blah asking for it blah blah blah.) Because for those people who are more easily swayed by the media, they’ll probably see someone ELSE on the streets who has horns on their forehead and/or a stretched septum and/or branding and/or tattoos may (or may not be) an outstanding citizen and assume that they too are a (possible) murderer and a dangerous person. And that really sucks for “the rest of us”. (“Us” being the modded people without a criminal record living “normal” lives.)
All I got from what Rob was trying to say is that it kind of sucks that the media latches on to his mods so much. (Yes, he got 666 tattooed on his forehead blah blah blah asking for it blah blah blah.) Because for those people who are more easily swayed by the media, they’ll probably see someone ELSE on the streets who has horns on their forehead and/or a stretched septum and/or branding and/or tattoos may (or may not be) an outstanding citizen and assume that they too are a (possible) murderer and a dangerous person. And that really sucks for “the rest of us”. (“Us” being the modded people without a criminal record living “normal” lives.)
All I got from what Rob was trying to say is that it kind of sucks that the media latches on to his mods so much. (Yes, he got 666 tattooed on his forehead blah blah blah asking for it blah blah blah.) Because for those people who are more easily swayed by the media, they’ll probably see someone ELSE on the streets who has horns on their forehead and/or a stretched septum and/or branding and/or tattoos may (or may not be) an outstanding citizen and assume that they too are a (possible) murderer and a dangerous person. And that really sucks for “the rest of us”. (“Us” being the modded people without a criminal record living “normal” lives.)