Tattoos as birthmarks

So this week im writing about the dollhouse series, where the individuals identify themselves via tattoos that say who they are. These tattoos are still a form of technology used for self identification and as proof that the individuals in question are true biological humans. In fact the film calls these tattoos birthmarks. It is quite interesting to believe that these tattoos, that is the technology of putting a permanent mark under the skin, as a form of identification. I believe that many of the articles, such as the manifesto for cyborgs, or the works of Jason Sperb could be applied here. These indivduals, who are biologically human, use a form of technology which in theory makes them a cyborg according to most of the readings from this course, to maintain their human-ness. Or in the very least to identify eachother as biological humans and keep their true identity, or name...

So in theory, am I a cyborg? with this technology beneath my skin? or is it not enough? In theory, if someone were to have their entire body tattooed, their would be an entire layer seperating their internal organs and bodily parts such as the brain and heart ( necessary to allow the body to survive) and their skin and the outer world. And even more importantly this layer is entirely permanent. While it does not allow for any form of defense (it cannot stop bullets, or knives, or protect from disease and chemicals), it still exists and seperates the individuals internal body from the external world. Could this be a slightly altered seperation, or early stages of what we saw in Surrogates? (2009, Jonathan Mostow)

In conclusion I believe that the concept of tattoos as birthmarks, brought to light by Dollhouse, are important and should be included in the manifesto for cyborgs, or at least included in what helps define, or seperate biological humans from cyborgs, and the hypocrisy of the television shows use of these technological pieces to define the antithesis of the cyborgs, or technological beings is very important to the construction of what defines biological and cyborg individuals.