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Washington, DC may institute 24-hour waiting period for tattoos and piercings
Yahoo ^ | 09.07.13

Posted on 09/08/2013 2:21:27 PM PDT by Perdogg

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To: miss marmelstein

Tattoos look even more hideous when the tattoo wearer gets old and their skin shrivels...

Stay cool!


41 posted on 09/08/2013 3:38:55 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Perdogg

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.


42 posted on 09/08/2013 3:39:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Perdogg
Big brother...strikes again.

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?

43 posted on 09/08/2013 3:40:48 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: little jeremiah

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.


44 posted on 09/08/2013 3:41:40 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

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.


45 posted on 09/08/2013 3:43:09 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Jean S

Check out Leviticus —— no tattoos.


46 posted on 09/08/2013 3:43:26 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: little jeremiah

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


47 posted on 09/08/2013 3:44:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: grania
> I’m all for it. For any irreversible procedure there should be a 24 hour waiting period.

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.

48 posted on 09/08/2013 3:45:02 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
A waiting period for piercings doesn’t make sense. I’d love to outlaw tattooes.

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

49 posted on 09/08/2013 3:48:58 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: little jeremiah
> ... the shrivelling is also extreme hideous...

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.

50 posted on 09/08/2013 3:53:10 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dennisw

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.


51 posted on 09/08/2013 4:07:05 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: dfwgator

First thing I think is where’s the Lysol.


52 posted on 09/08/2013 4:08:03 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: dayglored

I’m very thankful I never got any when I was young and crazy; they weren’t the popular fad they are now, though.


53 posted on 09/08/2013 4:08:53 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: miss marmelstein

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.


54 posted on 09/08/2013 4:10:46 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: miss marmelstein

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


55 posted on 09/08/2013 4:13:34 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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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.


56 posted on 09/08/2013 4:15:34 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: dayglored
making a stupid decision about a tatoo is small in the grand scheme of things

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.

57 posted on 09/08/2013 4:22:15 PM PDT by grania
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To: miss marmelstein
We used to know that sailors often regretted the stupid tattoos they got while drunk.

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.

58 posted on 09/08/2013 4:22:24 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: JoeFromSidney

In the good old days, it was the mistake of drunken sailors.


59 posted on 09/08/2013 4:24:13 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Jean S

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. ;-]


60 posted on 09/08/2013 4:25:24 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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