Re: Active Duty update thread
This is so SAD ABOUT AXL I NOW KNOW THAT MY MONEY WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS SITE UNTIL HE IS GONE. I'M NOT MAD AT YOU DINK CAUSE YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW.YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT & WHOM YOU TALK TO IN WAL-MART THESE DAYS ONE WRONG PERSON AS AXL APPEARS TO BE CAN RUIN EVERYTHING......
Thank-You Cowboy Bob for bringing that to light cause a guy had posted in the galleries that DINK was supporting a guy from the
AB
and NOW through your careful investigation I now it was true. Like I sad so SAD about AXL
You are absolutely right that I had no idea about the meaning behind Axl's tattoos. I see so many tats on these guys that I don't always inquire as to the meaning. To some, the tattoos have meaning, to others they get them on a whim or bet or just by being plain naive as to the true meaning behind them.
When I was 14 I was encouraged by an older neighbor to let him put a cross tattoo on my left arm. I didn't do it because I felt the tattoo had any serious meaning to me. I did it because my older neighbor said it was cool. I looked up to him and trusted him to put it there. I wanted to fit in with the older guys in the neighborhood and be cool. I have deeply regretted having done so ever since. We all make mistakes in our youth that we either immediately or later come to regret. It's part of growing up. Sometimes peer pressure causes us to make bad decisions.
I spent five days straight in the company of this young man and not once did I ever sense or see an angry or mean bone in his body. He was sweet, gentle and very caring. In fact, I can't remember the last time I worked with a guy that had such a sweet and caring demeanor. He was childlike in his fascination with what he was doing and so very happy and intent on doing a good job. We spent a lot of time out in public during our time together and not once did I hear him make any mean-spirited or racist comments and I live in a very culturally diverse part of the country. He smiled and beamed with pure sweetness the entire time.
I've been dealing with young men like Axl for many, many years and usually I can sense right away if something inside them is angry, mean or judgmental. It goes with the experience of having been around so many of them, gotten to know them well and having an innate ability to sense these things.
One thing I did learn about Axl, like so many of these young men, is that he had a very hard childhood. When we are young and impressionable we sometimes make decisions based on our environment that we otherwise wouldn't have made. I'm not saying that this is the end all explanation for why he got the tattoos that he got, but I would bet money on the fact that he knew very little in retrospect about their true meaning.
From what I know about the AB, which is very little at all, is that they also hate homosexuals. However, anyone that watches this young man in action in his latest scene or watches him in his War Chest solo would be hard pressed to tell me that we are dealing with a serious member of any type of hate group. He's simply not wired that way. He obviously is loving every moment of what is happening and he's very happy to be part of it.
I'm 40 years old and every time I look in the mirror and see that poorly done tattoo of a cross on my arm I am forced to recall a time when I was none-the-wiser for my actions. Let us all remember that before we cast stones at a young man who may very well feel the same.
The next time I speak to Axl, which should be soon, I'll be sure to ask him what his tattoos mean to him. It is my thought that his answer will come with much naivety or regret or both.
Does this put you in the mind of a serious member of any hate group?
http://www.activeduty.com/tour/image.php?id=164782&type=vids&cg=1234&mt=mp42000k§ion=free_scene#164782
If it does, I must be REALLY naive myself.
MORE than EVER. And I don't like being that way either.