I have an idea

I know I don't post here often, but I do check this site several times throughout my day. I don't understand why you all encourage these idiots who make stupid comments about your work. By posting a reply to them you are only encouraging them to keep coming back. They do this because they are stupid, think it is funny, and have no life. Maybe if you just try not even acknowledging what they say they might just give up and go somewhere else. They are not going to give up if you keep arguing with them. This is their life. This is just my opinion though. Callie

Who are you adressing dear?

Everyone. But mainly the people, like you, who go back and forth with idiots who won't even put up a real email address. Like Packwood. I know why you do it, but I just feel like you are encouraging them.

And ya know you are probably right but see this is just fun to me ...these people are so far away from reality that they are like cartoon characters ya know....and if I don't defend myself what will that look like?I know its really juvenile but dammit am I just supposed to sit back and cry?...I think not dear....from innuendo to hints to digs to outright slander these assholes suck...but if they are attacking ME then they are leaving someone else alone!

Taz, keeping this shit going may be fun for you but it SUCKS for the board and really pisses me off. The "idiots" wont stop until you stop hiding your portfolio. Im not picking on you, Im telling you the way it is. Persoanlly, as we all know, I feel that if you are going to have such a high profile to my visitors, I want to see your tattoos. thats not unreasonable at all. I cant believe people still dont understand why this shit keeps going on. Taz keeps a high profile but doesnt show his work. It is a really simple unavoidable undeniable playground rule people... talk big, put up your work. Ok, taz, you keep asking if I want you to leave and I keep telling you your welcome here. After understanding fully that this is fun for you, I have changed my mind. I dont think its unreasonable to tell you what I would like to see happen. I would like to see you stop posting on the TattooNOW forum. Before coming back I would like you to concentrate on getting 20 or so clear images of your tattoos and then post them somewhere, of course your welcome in the TattooNOW galleries, but there are also free places. Then, come back, tell us where we can go to see a good body of your work. Then I'd like to see you return to the normal scheduled programming of helping people learn about the art of tattooing where we all have a frame of reference. Please? Im not being a dick, Im not picking on you, I am telling you what, as the owner of this website, would like to see happen for the sake of this forum and my sanity. Pretty please? With sugar on top?

Thank you Gabe for putting a stop to this. Although I rarely post, I have used your site quite a bit in the last year and a half. I've learned alot from it and have found some good artists from here and had some good tattoos done because of this. I've noticed that alot of the top artists don't post on here near as much as they used to. I feel that is a loss to this forum. Hopefully if one person isn't dominating every thread, they will come back. Thanks again for helping me to get some great artwork.