CAMPUS STUDENTS WITH TATOOS

I do love tats, been thinking of getting several on my skin as some fellow student in campus have done. Still weighing the whys and why nots. These markings and inscriptions made by a needle cutting the skin 3000 times a minute are cool, right? No.
Tattoos bear different meanings and different people get them for different reasons i may not know. Is it really worth it for me to expose my body to the danger of a hepatitis infection for a tat that would prolly be in another language that i don’t understand though it looks amazing? A symbol that prolly is an insult when the artist made me believe is a symbol for peace?
Do i really really need one to survive? Do i have to get a tat then start wondering later how i’ll remove it and the significance it has in my life?
Should i compromise my religious beliefs that demonise tats so i can look cool? What will be my mother’s reaction to her child getting a tat? Well,..
Tattoos mean that you belong to something, a form of art, an expression, beauty, perceptions. To have or Not to have? Not to.