Kevorkian Fooled Some of the People All of the Time

A woman’s tribute to Kevorkian—a tattoo of one of his paintings.  He was a committed nihilist who said that the worst moment of his life was when he was born. I don’t know the woman, but tattooing that painting on your back for the rest of your life…well that’s a pretty nihilistic thing to do, too.

We do live in very bizarre times. I wonder if she wanted to be experimented on?

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