After Watergate we were told that the "cover up" was worse than the crime. In the NY Times datelined Phoenix, Az. August 11th we read that the police department there - as well as other cities - has decreed that all police officers must cover up any tattoos showing on face, neck, arms or hands. It means long sleeves in 100 degree temperature. They want to adopt a more strait-laced professional image on the street. At the Tattoo Expo held in Mesa in May it showed that folks of all ages viewed their bodies as canvases. The culture has clearly changed. One man said "I can bring my daughter down to Toys R Us and buy a Tattoo Barbie." But the police also caution any aspiring applicants that "tongue rings and various forms of body modification, including the insertion of horns, are also frowned upon." I'd rather not touch that last line with a ten foot pitch fork.
tjs
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