A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

ModBlog News of the Week: September 16th, 2011

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!

Comments

213 responses to “ModBlog News of the Week: September 16th, 2011”

  1. Faye Avatar
    Faye

    I’m probably the only one who latched onto the name Caius to point out that if he’s associated with the Hell’s Angels, the odds of his name coming from Twilight are pretty slim. There were multiple christian leaders (including a martyred pope) with this name, as well as a number of characters in Shakespeare, and a Jack Whyte novel. I’d put money on it that this last character, Caius Brittanicus from The Skystone is where he drew the inspiration for his name.

    Sorry, literary geek, nothing to do with his criminal record, but seriously. Does anyone look at him and think “oh he reads Twilight and names himself after characters from that series.”

  2. Faye Avatar
    Faye

    I’m probably the only one who latched onto the name Caius to point out that if he’s associated with the Hell’s Angels, the odds of his name coming from Twilight are pretty slim. There were multiple christian leaders (including a martyred pope) with this name, as well as a number of characters in Shakespeare, and a Jack Whyte novel. I’d put money on it that this last character, Caius Brittanicus from The Skystone is where he drew the inspiration for his name.

    Sorry, literary geek, nothing to do with his criminal record, but seriously. Does anyone look at him and think “oh he reads Twilight and names himself after characters from that series.”

  3. Faye Avatar
    Faye

    I’m probably the only one who latched onto the name Caius to point out that if he’s associated with the Hell’s Angels, the odds of his name coming from Twilight are pretty slim. There were multiple christian leaders (including a martyred pope) with this name, as well as a number of characters in Shakespeare, and a Jack Whyte novel. I’d put money on it that this last character, Caius Brittanicus from The Skystone is where he drew the inspiration for his name.

    Sorry, literary geek, nothing to do with his criminal record, but seriously. Does anyone look at him and think “oh he reads Twilight and names himself after characters from that series.”

  4. Tobias Avatar

    Dude was on IAM, and I’m pretty sure that facial brand was modblogged at one point, but I can’t find it.

  5. Tobias Avatar

    Dude was on IAM, and I’m pretty sure that facial brand was modblogged at one point, but I can’t find it.

  6. Tobias Avatar

    Dude was on IAM, and I’m pretty sure that facial brand was modblogged at one point, but I can’t find it.

  7. Jen Avatar

    At the request of several concerned parties directly involved posts have been removed and particular people have asked to not have their names associated with this story. Out of respect for them and out of respect for the fact that this is an ongoing police investigation I have removed posts at their request.

    No one is trying to white wash anything. I am simply respecting the wishes of certain people to remove their names and I would hope other BME and IAM members would respect the nature of this story and those particular members.

    Please feel free to discuss the story in question and whether or not you agree with Rob’s take on things. 😉

  8. Jen Avatar

    At the request of several concerned parties directly involved posts have been removed and particular people have asked to not have their names associated with this story. Out of respect for them and out of respect for the fact that this is an ongoing police investigation I have removed posts at their request.

    No one is trying to white wash anything. I am simply respecting the wishes of certain people to remove their names and I would hope other BME and IAM members would respect the nature of this story and those particular members.

    Please feel free to discuss the story in question and whether or not you agree with Rob’s take on things. 😉

  9. Jen Avatar

    At the request of several concerned parties directly involved posts have been removed and particular people have asked to not have their names associated with this story. Out of respect for them and out of respect for the fact that this is an ongoing police investigation I have removed posts at their request.

    No one is trying to white wash anything. I am simply respecting the wishes of certain people to remove their names and I would hope other BME and IAM members would respect the nature of this story and those particular members.

    Please feel free to discuss the story in question and whether or not you agree with Rob’s take on things. 😉

  10. Jen Avatar

    For my part, I didn’t want Rob to publish this story but left it up to him. I understand why he chose to publish it and discuss it. I’m sure that had he not, people would accuse him/us of trying to bury it and pretend it isn’t happening when body modification is being made such an issue (in some articles it seems to be the prime focus, not the 3 dead people). So it was a judgement call for Rob and I’m sure one he stands behind and I respect his choice to post the story. Were it me writing the news posts I would not have because of the fact that it’s an ongoing criminal investigation and some other reasons that simply boil down to my own personal point of view.

    I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer here. Some people will feel it shouldn’t be posted and some will feel that it should. Both are just opinions.

  11. Jen Avatar

    For my part, I didn’t want Rob to publish this story but left it up to him. I understand why he chose to publish it and discuss it. I’m sure that had he not, people would accuse him/us of trying to bury it and pretend it isn’t happening when body modification is being made such an issue (in some articles it seems to be the prime focus, not the 3 dead people). So it was a judgement call for Rob and I’m sure one he stands behind and I respect his choice to post the story. Were it me writing the news posts I would not have because of the fact that it’s an ongoing criminal investigation and some other reasons that simply boil down to my own personal point of view.

    I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer here. Some people will feel it shouldn’t be posted and some will feel that it should. Both are just opinions.

  12. Jen Avatar

    For my part, I didn’t want Rob to publish this story but left it up to him. I understand why he chose to publish it and discuss it. I’m sure that had he not, people would accuse him/us of trying to bury it and pretend it isn’t happening when body modification is being made such an issue (in some articles it seems to be the prime focus, not the 3 dead people). So it was a judgement call for Rob and I’m sure one he stands behind and I respect his choice to post the story. Were it me writing the news posts I would not have because of the fact that it’s an ongoing criminal investigation and some other reasons that simply boil down to my own personal point of view.

    I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer here. Some people will feel it shouldn’t be posted and some will feel that it should. Both are just opinions.

  13. Jen Avatar

    Also while there is NOTHING funny about this entire case, the fact that the news sites are mentioning Twilight in reference to his name is hilarious to me. I actually laughed out loud when I read that part of the story.

  14. Jen Avatar

    Also while there is NOTHING funny about this entire case, the fact that the news sites are mentioning Twilight in reference to his name is hilarious to me. I actually laughed out loud when I read that part of the story.

  15. Jen Avatar

    Also while there is NOTHING funny about this entire case, the fact that the news sites are mentioning Twilight in reference to his name is hilarious to me. I actually laughed out loud when I read that part of the story.

  16. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    When I read that, I imagined he would be absolutely furious! lol

  17. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    When I read that, I imagined he would be absolutely furious! lol

  18. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    When I read that, I imagined he would be absolutely furious! lol

  19. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I imagine he must be a literature junky too, because surely there were a plethora of other significant literary figures whose names AREN’T also tied up with Twilight, but being the literature junky that he is, ‘Caius’ must be of such great importance to him that he chose to take the name regardless of its whiney, glimmering vampire connotations.

  20. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I imagine he must be a literature junky too, because surely there were a plethora of other significant literary figures whose names AREN’T also tied up with Twilight, but being the literature junky that he is, ‘Caius’ must be of such great importance to him that he chose to take the name regardless of its whiney, glimmering vampire connotations.

  21. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I imagine he must be a literature junky too, because surely there were a plethora of other significant literary figures whose names AREN’T also tied up with Twilight, but being the literature junky that he is, ‘Caius’ must be of such great importance to him that he chose to take the name regardless of its whiney, glimmering vampire connotations.

  22. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    I’m only aware of one literary figure who’s name was Caius, I had no idea there was a ‘plethora’, must be you who’s the literary junky 🙂

  23. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    I’m only aware of one literary figure who’s name was Caius, I had no idea there was a ‘plethora’, must be you who’s the literary junky 🙂

  24. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    I’m only aware of one literary figure who’s name was Caius, I had no idea there was a ‘plethora’, must be you who’s the literary junky 🙂

  25. critic Avatar
    critic

    All these statements on how how he chose his appearance and should accept/expect how he’s treated/perceived is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve seen on modblog in ages. Essentially what you all are saying is that 50 years ago people of color should have expected to be harassed, assaulted, even lynched for going into the southern parts of the US, because it’s was well known that they weren’t welcome. Or that people who choose to be open about their sexual preferences should expect to be harassed, and assaulted if they go to certain areas, because it’s outside societies “norms”…
    It’s equally foolish to say, “If your going to heavily modify yourself your behavior better be exemplary”, that is no different then saying, “If your black/christian/Hispanic/caucasian you better behave, because if your perceived as being “bad” all members of that group are”…..
    and lets not forget that one of the founding principals of the US was freedom of religion, so who gives 2 shits if he’s a satanist (what does that even mean? a member of the Church of Satan, or the Satanic Church, or just follows some self defined ideology). I’m pretty sure we can all agree innumerable horrible things have been done in the names of every religion at one point in history.

    lets not forget that the articles at most said blood was found in his car, that is why he was arrested. Blood could be from the victims, could be from an accidental cut, could be from a huge bag of steaks that leaked into the carpet, or from a piece of roadkill. I’m sure it will be analyzed, THEN we can make a better judgement.

    I’d suggest that that those of you who have taken a judgmental and in my opinion, elitist view on this person take a good long look in the mirror and figure out why your so unhappy with yourselves that you need to use the anonymous internet to degrade another person based on a number of poorly written articles.

    we don’t need to feel any kinship to him because we are modified, nor do we need to use the choices he made to try and inflate our own sense of worth.

  26. critic Avatar
    critic

    All these statements on how how he chose his appearance and should accept/expect how he’s treated/perceived is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve seen on modblog in ages. Essentially what you all are saying is that 50 years ago people of color should have expected to be harassed, assaulted, even lynched for going into the southern parts of the US, because it’s was well known that they weren’t welcome. Or that people who choose to be open about their sexual preferences should expect to be harassed, and assaulted if they go to certain areas, because it’s outside societies “norms”…
    It’s equally foolish to say, “If your going to heavily modify yourself your behavior better be exemplary”, that is no different then saying, “If your black/christian/Hispanic/caucasian you better behave, because if your perceived as being “bad” all members of that group are”…..
    and lets not forget that one of the founding principals of the US was freedom of religion, so who gives 2 shits if he’s a satanist (what does that even mean? a member of the Church of Satan, or the Satanic Church, or just follows some self defined ideology). I’m pretty sure we can all agree innumerable horrible things have been done in the names of every religion at one point in history.

    lets not forget that the articles at most said blood was found in his car, that is why he was arrested. Blood could be from the victims, could be from an accidental cut, could be from a huge bag of steaks that leaked into the carpet, or from a piece of roadkill. I’m sure it will be analyzed, THEN we can make a better judgement.

    I’d suggest that that those of you who have taken a judgmental and in my opinion, elitist view on this person take a good long look in the mirror and figure out why your so unhappy with yourselves that you need to use the anonymous internet to degrade another person based on a number of poorly written articles.

    we don’t need to feel any kinship to him because we are modified, nor do we need to use the choices he made to try and inflate our own sense of worth.

  27. critic Avatar
    critic

    All these statements on how how he chose his appearance and should accept/expect how he’s treated/perceived is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve seen on modblog in ages. Essentially what you all are saying is that 50 years ago people of color should have expected to be harassed, assaulted, even lynched for going into the southern parts of the US, because it’s was well known that they weren’t welcome. Or that people who choose to be open about their sexual preferences should expect to be harassed, and assaulted if they go to certain areas, because it’s outside societies “norms”…
    It’s equally foolish to say, “If your going to heavily modify yourself your behavior better be exemplary”, that is no different then saying, “If your black/christian/Hispanic/caucasian you better behave, because if your perceived as being “bad” all members of that group are”…..
    and lets not forget that one of the founding principals of the US was freedom of religion, so who gives 2 shits if he’s a satanist (what does that even mean? a member of the Church of Satan, or the Satanic Church, or just follows some self defined ideology). I’m pretty sure we can all agree innumerable horrible things have been done in the names of every religion at one point in history.

    lets not forget that the articles at most said blood was found in his car, that is why he was arrested. Blood could be from the victims, could be from an accidental cut, could be from a huge bag of steaks that leaked into the carpet, or from a piece of roadkill. I’m sure it will be analyzed, THEN we can make a better judgement.

    I’d suggest that that those of you who have taken a judgmental and in my opinion, elitist view on this person take a good long look in the mirror and figure out why your so unhappy with yourselves that you need to use the anonymous internet to degrade another person based on a number of poorly written articles.

    we don’t need to feel any kinship to him because we are modified, nor do we need to use the choices he made to try and inflate our own sense of worth.

  28. Jen Avatar

    Jon P – Amusing. I doubt he’s ever read it and got the name elsewhere. Probably prior to Twilight. More like the author is limited in literary scope to such tripe as Twilight. After all the name Caius appears in Shakespeare and last I checked he pre-dates any sparkly vampires. I certainly didn’t know the name Caius appeared in the Twilight books until I read that article. Now I do!

  29. Jen Avatar

    Jon P – Amusing. I doubt he’s ever read it and got the name elsewhere. Probably prior to Twilight. More like the author is limited in literary scope to such tripe as Twilight. After all the name Caius appears in Shakespeare and last I checked he pre-dates any sparkly vampires. I certainly didn’t know the name Caius appeared in the Twilight books until I read that article. Now I do!

  30. Jen Avatar

    Jon P – Amusing. I doubt he’s ever read it and got the name elsewhere. Probably prior to Twilight. More like the author is limited in literary scope to such tripe as Twilight. After all the name Caius appears in Shakespeare and last I checked he pre-dates any sparkly vampires. I certainly didn’t know the name Caius appeared in the Twilight books until I read that article. Now I do!

  31. Jen Avatar

    Oof that was some poor grammar I used there. Ah well…

  32. Jen Avatar

    Oof that was some poor grammar I used there. Ah well…

  33. Jen Avatar

    Oof that was some poor grammar I used there. Ah well…

  34. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    Wow, he looks insane. he is going to hate prison.

  35. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    Wow, he looks insane. he is going to hate prison.

  36. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    Wow, he looks insane. he is going to hate prison.

  37. spaghetti eater Avatar
    spaghetti eater

    I don’t think we should be complaining about prejudice in the media.
    Maybe I just watched Lost Boys too many times as a teen, but isn’t attracting young, experimental girls and scaring the living shit out of conservative, GOP, very christian elderly citizens the whole POINT of getting cool tattoos, sporting cool haircuts, wearing cool leather jackets and riding big bikes? 😛

  38. spaghetti eater Avatar
    spaghetti eater

    I don’t think we should be complaining about prejudice in the media.
    Maybe I just watched Lost Boys too many times as a teen, but isn’t attracting young, experimental girls and scaring the living shit out of conservative, GOP, very christian elderly citizens the whole POINT of getting cool tattoos, sporting cool haircuts, wearing cool leather jackets and riding big bikes? 😛

  39. spaghetti eater Avatar
    spaghetti eater

    I don’t think we should be complaining about prejudice in the media.
    Maybe I just watched Lost Boys too many times as a teen, but isn’t attracting young, experimental girls and scaring the living shit out of conservative, GOP, very christian elderly citizens the whole POINT of getting cool tattoos, sporting cool haircuts, wearing cool leather jackets and riding big bikes? 😛

  40. Nick King Avatar
    Nick King

    @Critic

    Yes, I am saying that 50 years people of color should have expected to be harassed. I did not say that it was fair or right, only that it was expected of the time. You are a damn fool if you think that a colored person would go outside of their house during that time period and think that they would not be harassed by a white person that day.

    The same is true for a person who decides to modify themselves. You will be looked down at, end of story. It’s not right, it’s not fair but it is the truth. Deal with it.

  41. Nick King Avatar
    Nick King

    @Critic

    Yes, I am saying that 50 years people of color should have expected to be harassed. I did not say that it was fair or right, only that it was expected of the time. You are a damn fool if you think that a colored person would go outside of their house during that time period and think that they would not be harassed by a white person that day.

    The same is true for a person who decides to modify themselves. You will be looked down at, end of story. It’s not right, it’s not fair but it is the truth. Deal with it.

  42. Nick King Avatar
    Nick King

    @Critic

    Yes, I am saying that 50 years people of color should have expected to be harassed. I did not say that it was fair or right, only that it was expected of the time. You are a damn fool if you think that a colored person would go outside of their house during that time period and think that they would not be harassed by a white person that day.

    The same is true for a person who decides to modify themselves. You will be looked down at, end of story. It’s not right, it’s not fair but it is the truth. Deal with it.

  43. Amy Avatar

    The one thing I don’t get is why they are posting his picture all over the news articles and when you read it it reads as if he’s the Hells angels member. Because he has implants and tattoos on his face he’s the ring leader in the pictures. It’s sad because I feel he’s going to get the worst sentence out of all of this because of his appearance alone. Even if he is not guilty he’s going to be the spectacle.
    I hate when people say that “If he didn’t want the publicity he wouldn’t of mod’d himself to this degree”… Maybe he’s sick of society and wants nothing to do with it… Not like you see him on the cover of every tattoo/ piercing mag and he’s not out there in the latest gaga video ( not that there’s anything wrong with that).
    I hope he’s not guilty just because I know friends of his that care about his well being. I also hope he’s not guilty because the media is going to construe this all around as people with horns and facial tattoos are all satanists and murderers that society needs to fear.

  44. Amy Avatar

    The one thing I don’t get is why they are posting his picture all over the news articles and when you read it it reads as if he’s the Hells angels member. Because he has implants and tattoos on his face he’s the ring leader in the pictures. It’s sad because I feel he’s going to get the worst sentence out of all of this because of his appearance alone. Even if he is not guilty he’s going to be the spectacle.
    I hate when people say that “If he didn’t want the publicity he wouldn’t of mod’d himself to this degree”… Maybe he’s sick of society and wants nothing to do with it… Not like you see him on the cover of every tattoo/ piercing mag and he’s not out there in the latest gaga video ( not that there’s anything wrong with that).
    I hope he’s not guilty just because I know friends of his that care about his well being. I also hope he’s not guilty because the media is going to construe this all around as people with horns and facial tattoos are all satanists and murderers that society needs to fear.

  45. Amy Avatar

    The one thing I don’t get is why they are posting his picture all over the news articles and when you read it it reads as if he’s the Hells angels member. Because he has implants and tattoos on his face he’s the ring leader in the pictures. It’s sad because I feel he’s going to get the worst sentence out of all of this because of his appearance alone. Even if he is not guilty he’s going to be the spectacle.
    I hate when people say that “If he didn’t want the publicity he wouldn’t of mod’d himself to this degree”… Maybe he’s sick of society and wants nothing to do with it… Not like you see him on the cover of every tattoo/ piercing mag and he’s not out there in the latest gaga video ( not that there’s anything wrong with that).
    I hope he’s not guilty just because I know friends of his that care about his well being. I also hope he’s not guilty because the media is going to construe this all around as people with horns and facial tattoos are all satanists and murderers that society needs to fear.

  46. Amy Avatar

    and why when I try to share this page does it go to the most recent post on modblog?

  47. Amy Avatar

    and why when I try to share this page does it go to the most recent post on modblog?

  48. Amy Avatar

    and why when I try to share this page does it go to the most recent post on modblog?

  49. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    “Maybe he’s sick of society and wants nothing to do with it…”

    Bingo. But what he SHOULD have done is rented a cabin in the woods of Maine and stayed right the hell OUT of the society he apparently hates. Unless he hates it so much he wants to attack it, therefore he should be in jail.

  50. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    “Maybe he’s sick of society and wants nothing to do with it…”

    Bingo. But what he SHOULD have done is rented a cabin in the woods of Maine and stayed right the hell OUT of the society he apparently hates. Unless he hates it so much he wants to attack it, therefore he should be in jail.

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