Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Taboo

I forgot how much i like this show. The first time I saw "Taboo", it was a prison special and it's what first sparked my interest in the art and history of prison tattoos. When I got home from youth group tonight, my dad had fell asleep with it on, and it managed to respark my curiousity. Tonight they are exploring the world of lepers, freegans (basically the modern day scavenger; they live out of stuff and food from the trash rather than purchase them from stores. sound like parasites to me), and the indian rat catcher. Did you know that most lepers are not contagious? And that despite this fact, people who suffer from it are still cast out from their families and society? Or that freegans will actually consume spoiling food retrieved from random trash cans?

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