Social media reacts as Bheki Cele says people with tattoos have ‘gangster tendencies’

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[McGavin999]

Wait until they get old. Faded body art on wrinkles bodies....shudder

[Fido969]

“Twitter users react”

Now there’s a Mensa society we should look to for guidance.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Not anymore.

[dfwgator]

Now it’s basically “Here’s your sign!”

[FreshPrince]

“Actually ugly, chip on-their-shoulder, foul-mouthed, FAT pickings.”

Yep your right of course not all, just that these are the ones you notice....I have four daughters..three grown, two of them can swear like sailors under sertain circumstances (amongst friends)...but otherwise they are decent kids (I hope!)

[pfflier]

There is a certain kind of rebel attitude associated with getting inked.

I think it's just the opposite, conformity to a trend is as likely a reason. Gotta do what all of the "cool people" like hollyweird types are doing.

[FreshPrince]

i infer that at the least they “follow the crowd”

[mfish13]

I remember when we did a rugby tour in England in 1985. Tattoos were not prevalent in the states but some rebels in rugby had them. Not many. We got over to London and we saw a lot of tattoos. But it seemed they were the ones who had given up on life and just accepted they had no where to go to improve their lives. I feel the same way now in the US.

[Secret Agent Man]

Some certainly do.

But I’d say most of them, not all, most have very poor personal judgment management.

[dsrtsage]

I decided many decades ago that I would showcase my uniqueness and individuality by not getting tatoos like everybody else

[Tijeras_Slim]

Fear of needles made me give up my boyhood dream of being a Yakuza.

[RedMonqey]

He’s not wrong.

[NorthMountain]

There is a certain kind of rebel attitude associated with getting inked.

I'm a rebel ... I'm going against the trends of "society".

I refuse to be tattooed ...

[Jolla]

Have two tats, one a celtic cross from my visit to the Vatican and a crusader cross from my visit to Jerusalem (done in the old city)

[Bullish]

Men with lots of tattoos have small penis syndrome. Women with tattoos, I don’t know what the F’ is wrong with them.

[dfwgator]

Women with tattoos, I don’t know what the F’ is wrong with them.

Pee Pee Envy?

[SamAdams76]

There is a certain kind of rebel attitude associated with getting inked.

Nowadays, you are a rebel if you don't.

[Lee Enfield]

When you are young and get a tattoo of butterfly on your tight teenage butt cheek no one tells you that, by age 45 that’s Mothra flying out of your a$$.

[Mr. Jeeves]

But it saves a lot of time up front…

[MercyFlush]

I agree. And too many cops are getting gang tattoos these days.

The policy should be no tats or no badge.