S. Carolina: No Tattoo's Here!

CAPITALISTCHICKS.COM ^ | FR Post 12-1-2002 | Debbie Brannigan

[vannrox]

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[paulklenk]

Dear Debbie,

It's just so fascinating and all to hear of your tattoo. However, none of us here gives a fudge, so kindly keep your trap shut.

Sincerely,

[AntiGuv]

FYI: the U.S. Supreme Court turned down this case last month.

[vannrox]

The Issue is this...


"...There is never any mention as to WHY this ban was approved. It is assumed that it was originally a health concern. In the 1960's nearly all states banned tattooing after a hepatitis outbreak was blamed on a dirty tattoo parlor in New York. By the 1980's those prohibitions had all vanished, except in S. Carolina and Oklahoma. It is ridiculous to think that you can pierce any imaginable body part and ride your motorcycle without a he lmet but you cannot adorn yourself with a tattoo in S. Carolina...."

[Aurelius]

BUMP

[vannrox]

Probably turned down on the basis of the 10th Amendment. Certainly it is a local state issue. The solution would be for high schools to teach civics...but that is never going to happen in SC.

[maxwell]

TAT BUMP

As the proud bearer of a well-considered (and, BTW, visible only when shirtless) tattoo administered gratis by a good bud of mine, I want to know, what exactly are these biblical mandates against tattoos? Where is it "spelled out very vividly in the Bible that tattooing is taboo"? (Bwaha-- ain't it also spelled out very vividly in the Bible that drinking alcohol is a mortal sin? /cheeked tongue)

[jz638]

There are ways to get laws overturned, repealed, or rewritten; none of those ways should involve the judicial system.

[frodolives]

Next on the books- a law prohibiting misuse of apostrophes!

[Mamzelle]

Is tatooing illegal in SC? So glad to hear it, but it doesn't seem to inhibit what I like to call the inverse ration of tatoos to teeth I have observed among SC natives...(the more tatoos, the fewer teeth)...

I'd like to know of a way to invest in tatoo removal. There are going to be some serious, painful and expensive regrets that I could turn into an investment profit if I just knew how to go about it.

[AntiGuv]

Whoops! I just got around to reading the final two paragraphs, where it mentions the Supreme Court turning the appeal down. Interesting that the case remains alive on a different level; I didn't know that. I can't imagine why the South Carolina legislature has failed to repeal this idiotic statute.

[CWRWinger]

I am for keeping this ban on tattooing in South Carolina. I plan on writing my reps and reiterating the need for it. Tattooing is a pagan, heathen practice. I wish to preserve a Christian-as-possible culture.

[rebelyell]

You obviously don't know many South Carolinians. I know many men and women with tattoos and all have nice teeth.

[reagan_fanatic]

Well, there goes the neighborhood.

[Mamzelle]

Chelsea?

[Mark]

I heard of some law sponsored from that AZ Senator- something about reforming campaigns and speech and oh well, let's not go there.(/sarcasm)

[oldironsides]

South Carolina has a tatoo ban it is news to the parents of Clemson students that come home sporting that paw ( you cannot see). The remark about the teeth was idiotic.
The people from SC are more than nice to us when we visit.

[maxwell]

Comments, Miss Bella?

[Bella_Bru]

For a while, tattooing was illegal in NYC. Curiously, some of the best work came out of NYC at that same time.

[billbears]

Agreed, I didn't even know about this ban, but just another reason to support South Carolina. Truely becoming one of the few Southern states that has kept its ideals