Posted on 01/23/2012 12:38:16 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
A Georgia mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to get a tattoo said she had no idea it was illegal for him to get one, even with her consent.
When Chuntera Napiers son Gaquan Napier asked her if he could get a memorial tattoo for his 12-year-old brother Malik who died after being hit by a car, Napier was touched by the request.
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Hum?
I still disagree on your assessment as to “All”.
You forgot women who have pierced ears in your list.
You can undo the unhealthy effects of eating junk food by starting a healthy diet. You could even undo the damage of naming a kid Gaquan by going to court and getting a normal name.
But how do you undo the damage a tattoo does? People with tattoos earn less. This kid is in danger living with a mother like his.
There is nothing wrong with getting ink. People get ink for many reasons.
And jpsb your arguments are making me chuckle since you are a Paul supporter. Sorta goes against what you been trumpeting. I guess you finally found your line you wont cross. ;-)
“Tattoos, nose piercings, lip piercings, tongue piercings, ear lobe stretching, private parts piercings, on and on to a grotesque level, are all identifiers of certain types of people. To a greater or lesser degree perhaps, but identifiers none the less. It simply is.”
Don’t forget circumcision to identify Jewish babies. Hopefully the Georgia law doesn’t cover that!
disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;
I have my ex-wife’s name and year of birth and year of death tattooed on my lower neck. I loved her, still do.
I have a good job and I am judged by my results which are very good. I’m very conservative. I am a good, family man.
I sometimes get asked - What’s that say? I like talking about her and using her name. I like looking in the mirror and seeing her name and thinking about her.
Don’t really care if people like it or not. It simply is.
The point Ari made was that parents - not the state - have the unilateral right to make bad decisions for their child.
I disagree. Abortion is way more serious a crime than tagging a 10 year old, but both crimes need laws protecting little children.
Ok, R. Are you sure about the earning less? It is a pretty blanket statement. Many people have ink that you may never know about. Are you talking about people who ink their face or parts that are visible? Just wondering.
And jpsb your arguments are making me chuckle since you are a Paul supporter.
Kinda blows away your argument that all Paul supporters are wacked out libertarians huh?
I dont suppose there would be any arrest problem if she got her son a tatoo celebrating Roe v. Wade.
I hope the mother or her lawyer will think of that point. I think a tattoo for a kid that young is stupid, but it's not the government's business. I hope she gets off since the DA can't prove the "crime" was committed in Georgia.
“But how do you undo the damage a tattoo does? People with tattoos earn less. This kid is in danger living with a mother like his.”
But if the tattoo was done by an osteopath, suddenly everything is now OK!
Nope.
Unless you are into pro-sports or are lucky in crime, tattoos - hidden or not - represent a counter culture. A culture found in prisons and welfare lines. And tatts on a girl? Everyone knows tramp stamps are a sign she’s “easy”.
Look - I could go on and on about the social harm and negative images that tattoos have. But hey - if you want them - get them. Like Chuntera and Gaquan
“Look - I could go on and on about the social harm and negative images that tattoos have. But hey - if you want them - get them. Like Chuntera and Gaquan”
You can’t because the Nanny state will lock you up!
I think that whenever one person deliberately, willfully and permanently physically harms another person it is always the business of government to punish the violator to discourage others from doing the same.
Wow.
That maybe the most misguided judgmental statement I have read on FR in a long time.
I feel very sorry for you, not sure how you could be more wrong in your generalization of people with ink.
Figures, you should try opening your mind just a little bit every now and then.
There are a few things worse than death...(of course the persons age also figured into such thinking)
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