[ebneter]

Which actually proves the article's point -- the criminal fraternity have to try even harder to distinguish themselves from the mainstream. I'll bet, however, that the programmers you know with facial tattoos look more like this: http://freshfunnypictures.com/funny-pictures/2113/facial-tat... than like this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0130063tattoo1.jp...

[bmalicoat]

I was sure you were gonna post this guy as your second example: http://www.splcenter.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/cur...

Seriously what type of life can you expect to have looking like that? It's not like it was a snap decision either, that much work would take a lot of time. This guy definitely went above and beyond to differentiate himself from ordinary people who have tattoos.

[ebneter]

Heh ... I looked for that one but couldn't find it in a brief search. A classic example, for sure.

[randallsquared]

Which actually proves the article's point

What would be evidence against?