Even the Maori are pissed about Tyson.
The tattoo was "definitely Maori, but stylized," Sharples told The Associated Press. "I just wish it was on somebody else."
Ta moko is a beautiful cultural heritage; finding it on a US pop culture thug must be jarring. Some see this kind of appropriation as a form of identity theft.
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  2003-02-23 17:28 Z