Another example of how the rest of the world looks on American body art as wimpy.
In this case, this guy is involved in some sort of sect that uses pain as some sort of religious thing -- cleansing, or to be honored, or something like that.
I like to think I would honor anyone's belief system, but this particular one is just too blantantly ridiculous and I would have to just mock it relentlessly. I mean, come on.