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Originally Posted by NanteNa
I don't think he should let the 'Japanese' decide by tradition whether he should get the tattoo either. It wouldn't symbolize 'death' as something unclean and evil. It would symbolize the death of a person dear to him. Besides, I doubt that an entire population would hate on HIM exactly for doing that. I have a feeling that not ALL Japanese people would get offended. One's body is one's own matter. It's not up to anyone else what you want to do with/to it.
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My only response would be is that she is choosing to mark her body with Japanese characters, so she has to accept the stigma that come with it. I couldn't not expect to put a Star of David or a Buddhist symbol and be upset if people react according to THEIR beliefs.
卐 has had religious meanings for thousands of years, but now it is seen as the Nazi swastika exclusively in the West. If you got a manji, or swastika tattooed on your body you couldn't not expect people to react negatively.
Death doesn't carry the same impact as the Nazi swastika, but like I said before, it will turn off a lot of Japanese people. No one said the entire country will hate her. It would send a message of "I don't care about my life or my body". Whether or not it means something different to her doesn't matter.