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<P><FONT SIZE=2>All,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I thought we were supposed to save judgments particularly, in this email/list format. I'll break the rule and email to all and say, "Lay Off". I'm not a tattoo proponent, but isn't the whole trip supposed to be the experience of the individual? Who are we to pick what's worthy and what's not.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Kind regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ellen</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Elizabeth Boylston-Morris [<A HREF="mailto:TagelleaAOL.COM">mailto:TagelleaAOL.COM</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:37 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: tatoos</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The Camino is an affair and experience of the soul. It is not a rock</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>festival. I cannot possibly think of anything more unseemly and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>contradictory that painting one's skin as form of remembrance. Tattoos and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>other body mutilations are accepted, indeed, required, in some African and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Indian religious rites.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>But, the love of the Apostle and our veneration for what Santiago represents,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(love and respect for others and oneself, including the physical body), would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>be negated by such practices.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Liz</FONT>
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