Posted on 09/08/2013 2:21:27 PM PDT by Perdogg
If you had to stop and think about it for a day, would you still get that giant dragon tattoo across your back? That’s the question being raised by health regulators in our nation’s capital, where Washington, DC officials are considering a mandatory 24-hour waiting period before getting a tattoo or body piercings. "The licensee or operator of a body art establishment shall ensure that no tattoo artist applies any tattoo to a customer until after twenty-four (24)hours have passed since the customer first requested the tattoo," reads the language of proposed language of new regulations from Washington DC’s Department of Health.
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Tattoos look even more hideous when the tattoo wearer gets old and their skin shrivels...
Stay cool!
I’m ok with this. Big government in DC should also impose a tats & metal tax to help fund Obamacare (aka Boehnercare) similar to the tanning salon tax.
How bout you go back and read the constitution. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What part allows the government to interfere with a person's decision to get a tat?
Hey, pal! I wonder if they “bleed” like they used to in the old days. I remember when sailors had anchors and by the time they were 70, it just looked like a large smear on their arms.
I would think so, unless they use different inks now. I have seen old hippies and others (felons?) with old tattoos and they do look a bit smeary, but the shrivelling is also extreme hideous.
Check out Leviticus —— no tattoos.
Welcome to my life, tattoo
I’m a man now, thanks to you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’ll be there when I die
Tattoo
Tattoos are removable, with sufficient time, money, and pain.
Do you really want to encourage more government intrusion into private decisions, even stupid ones?
How about accepting a proposal of marriage? That's (hopefully) at least as hard to reverse as a tattoo. "Marry you? Gee, Honey, that's nice, I'll let you know in a day when the government thinks I've had enough time to think about it."
Buying a new car? The drop in value when you drive it away from the showroom is greater than what it costs to get a tat removed. Should the government prohibit buying a car for 24 hours after you close the deal? Is that any of their business?
Personally I think the government should stay the hell out of people's personal decisions, with very few exceptions. Making a stupid decision about a tattoo is small in the grand scheme of things.
The piercing are worse. I laugh every time I see an NBA or rapper moron with two earrings. What! One wasn't good enough for you to make a statement, about how unique and wonderful you are?
But tattoos are worse long term because piercing close up and disappear when the metal object is removed
I know a number of young ladies who had beautiful tattoo artwork done on/around their breasts, waists, and hips in their younger days of the 1960s and '70s. Now those ladies are in their 50s and 60s.
Gravity and cellulite have taken their toll.
'Nuff said.
Here’s hoping I can post without sending another message to Jim Robinson: I have no problem with people getting tattoos, although I find them horrible. BUT. The history of tattoos makes them anathema to ancient religions. Just the truth, not some sort of prejudice.
First thing I think is where’s the Lysol.
I’m very thankful I never got any when I was young and crazy; they weren’t the popular fad they are now, though.
I agree; waiting period is silly; perhaps only to sober people might be a good business practice, though. Not a gov thing, let tattoo parlors decide.
If people want to be stupid, that’s their choice.
Maybe a tasteful small notice about “Are you sure you’ll still want this tattoo when you sober up?” or something.
Just generalizing but I connect tattoos with paganism. Many tribes here loved tattoos. Same with other primitives seen in National Geographic. How about Queequeg in Moby Dick
Good old Queequeg! The Indian with the facial tattoos. I still remember my shock as a child watching the movie. Queegueg was played by an Austrian prince, lol.
You think so? Is there anything much more unattractive than a faded bloated tatoo showing over the pants of a seriously overweight person? Or arms and bodies covered to a point that they look like side-show exhibits at carnivals of old?
I'd think a 24 hour waiting period would avoid that tatoo being because of peer pressure, crafty salesmanship by the tattoo artist, or maybe something stupid on a date or whatever.
When I enlisted, I was advised by an old Chief that if I insisted on getting a tattoo, get one that read "Mother." I didn't get one. I knew if I did I'd eventually regret it.
In the good old days, it was the mistake of drunken sailors.
Sorry you feel under attack. They’re right about tattooing being against both Judaism and Christianity, although that’s for those that practice their religion.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ, on the other hand, covers tattoos of any size, shape or location. The inner vessel being the most important of the two. ;-]
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