tattoo part 2

could tattooin be wrong because we are stealing other people's culture?

just like in the image china has stolen the western fast food culture of macdonald's, but is this really stealing or just swapping and advancing our own culture. it may be seen as swapping because estern cultures also sell and enjoy chinese food. it is also advancing our culture because we learn different tastes. so can the same apply to tattoo's, why do the the maori's take 'ta moka' as being only acceptable for there culture isn't it bad that they wont share not that we have stolen. obviously i loses some meaningin maori culture it can tell people there name where they come from, who there family is and what their famous for, so obviously it loses some meaning when westerners copy designs but isn't the same message being delivered that by doing this is part of our identity, who we are, what we believe in. how can expressing your self be so bad if your not harming anyone?

http://mzansiafrika.typepad.com/mzansi_afrika/2006/04/did_we_steal_yo.html (anoher example of stealing culture)

http://inknerd.com/2008/08/02/can-i-steal-your-tattoo-design/(examples of stealing tattoos within the same culture)