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Tattooing children

earthworm said:
You have a strange concept of right and wrong...
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Not so strange, actually. Once you acknowledge individual freedom and individual liberty, it rather follows automatically.

Rejecting individual freedom and individual liberty, in favor of prejudice and hatred, is, of course, wrong.

earthworm said:
Apparently, you think this branding, this tattooing is OK.. I do not.
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I know it is ok. Branding and tattooing are legal, moral, ethical, right, and proper.

earthworm said:
And on one's children, it is , IMO, wrong, and criminal.....
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Tattooing children is a decision for their parents. You have no opinion on the subject worthy of recognition. Your assertion to the contrary is, of course, wrong.
 
earthworm said:
York Haven is a poor red-neck community,IMO......the people... hard working and generally honest, respectful.
The Amish society is a good one, they have some interesting philosophical ideas, I agree with some of them.
Tattooing is for the criminal element, and for those who contribute nothing worthwhile to society...
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Ummmm I contribute a ****load of taxes to society and I'm tattooed.....what the ****?
 
Hatuey said:
In the age where parents have every right to put their kids in crazy religious sects, give them dangerous weapons, give them cigarettes, women have every right to abortion and "names" like Apple & Aryan Nation. Are you people seriously discussing parents slapping a bit of ink on their kids? Or do kids suddenly start having freedom when it comes to things we disapprove of? Wait is this thread a metaphor for rivrrats disapproval of removing a boy's foreskin? If you ask me. If some retarded parent wants to slap a bit of ink on a baby. Let them. If the kid hates his parents as a result a few years down the line then it's on them.
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Not to mention tattoos can be removed later in life if the kid wishes to.
 
earthworm said:
York Haven is a poor red-neck community,IMO......the people... hard working and generally honest, respectful.
The Amish society is a good one, they have some interesting philosophical ideas, I agree with some of them.
Tattooing is for the criminal element, and for those who contribute nothing worthwhile to society...
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Really? So, I contribute nothing to society, because I have tattoos....

Tattoos are popular in the Military, those damn criminals.

That's some logic you have there my friend. :roll:
 
Yes, we are all wothless criminals because we have tats. The second the ink first went into my skin, I knew my innocent life was over. I filll my days now with robbing banks and posting on DP. If I could only go back to the days I didn't have tattoos......
 
I've used my lack of tattoos as a defense in court:

Judge: We have video tape of you stealing the money

Me: [takes off shirt] Do you see any tattoos?

Judge: Works for me. Not Guilty!
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Tonsils, wisdom teeth, and appendix are removed for present medical problems. Unless you're volunteering for submarine duty, wisdom teeth aren't typically extracted by scrupulous dentists unless a visible medical condition requires it. My wife, for example has all her teeth, and never had a problem with her wisdom teeth. Being an adult, I made the choice to turn in my wisdom teeth to buy genuine Navy Submarine Ride tickets, good for six years.

Foreskins are removed willy-nilly, if you'll pardon the pun, and almost never have an indicated medical issue to justify the surgery.
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WHAT? you mean the USN was risking my life by NOT removing my wisdom teeth? I had mine til I was 30, they got pulled days before I left the Navy...
 
Jerry said:
It's not your body, so it's not your choice.

Hands-off unless you have a medical reason.
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I would add that it isn't the children's body either, until they are adults and can make the decision for themselves, without parental influence one way of the other. BUT, even then there could be unintended consequences.

Me personally, I will be telling my grandkids that if they get tats or piercings they will be booted out of my will.....

What is the sense of having lots of money if you can't use it to influence your children and grandchildren?:2razz:
 
UtahBill said:
I would add that it isn't the children's body either, until they are adults and can make the decision for themselves, without parental influence one way of the other.
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This statement, on it's face, appears to express gross ignorance.

However, I think you are trying to say that a child does not have the rights of an adult, and is governed by guardians in all matter until they are.

If that's an accurate interpretation of your post, then I agree with you.

However, if you are saying that the child's body is someone else's property until they are an adult, then you are wrong. Stewardship and guardian ship of a parent does not, in any way, establish ownership. The child's body, while under the guardianship of an adult, still belongs to the child.
 
Vader said:
Did you know that Hepatitis can be spread by way of a tatoo needle?
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That's why you never go to a shady place to get a tattoo. My guy is so OCD about everything being sterile, I love it.
 
Jerry said:
This statement, on it's face, appears to express gross ignorance.

However, I think you are trying to say that a child does not have the rights of an adult, and is governed by guardians in all matter until they are.

If that's an accurate interpretation of your post, then I agree with you.However, if you are saying that the child's body is someone else's property until they are an adult, then you are wrong. Stewardship and guardian ship of a parent does not, in any way, establish ownership. The child's body, while under the guardianship of an adult, still belongs to the child.
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Yes that is what I mean, however, there are cases where the guardians are not acting in the best interest of the child..
that is when the law steps in...as in the cases where some parents refuse medical attention for their children based on religious reasons. That is when the child does NOT belong to the parent, when the actions or beliefs of the parents are contradictory to the well being of the child....
 
Vader said:
Did you know that Hepatitis can be spread by way of a tatoo needle?
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Did you know that MRSA and necrotizing fascitis occur in hospitals? Add hospitals to your list of unsanitary places to avoid.:roll:
 
americanwoman said:
Yes, we are all wothless criminals because we have tats. The second the ink first went into my skin, I knew my innocent life was over. I filll my days now with robbing banks and posting on DP. If I could only go back to the days I didn't have tattoos......
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You and me both. I was about to go rob my first bank the other day but then realized that I didn't have enough ink on my skin for that kind of criminal activity. As such, I'm checking out new tattoos so I can continue my criminal masterminding unimpeded.
 
Has Michael Jackson released his official statement on this issue yet?

I am waiting to see what the King of Pop (re:Children) has to say about his favorite issue... inking little boys.
 
rivrrat said:
You and me both. I was about to go rob my first bank the other day but then realized that I didn't have enough ink on my skin for that kind of criminal activity. As such, I'm checking out new tattoos so I can continue my criminal masterminding unimpeded.
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How much ink is required for bank robbery? If I have just a few tats, am I relegated to garden-variety muggings and stickup jobs?
 
celticlord said:
How much ink is required for bank robbery? If I have just a few tats, am I relegated to garden-variety muggings and stickup jobs?
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get the ones that come with a happy meal, they wash off after the fact....
 
UtahBill said:
get the ones that come with a happy meal, they wash off after the fact....
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Does it have to be from a happy meal? The ones from the gumball machines aren't good enough?
 
rivrrat said:
You and me both. I was about to go rob my first bank the other day but then realized that I didn't have enough ink on my skin for that kind of criminal activity. As such, I'm checking out new tattoos so I can continue my criminal masterminding unimpeded.
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celticlord said:
How much ink is required for bank robbery? If I have just a few tats, am I relegated to garden-variety muggings and stickup jobs?
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You both need to pull your heads out of your asses and stop assuming that correlation means causation.

Elsevier
Results
Of our respondents, 24% had tattoos and 14% had body piercings. Tattooing was equally common in both sexes, but body piercing was more common among women. Other associations were a lack of religious affiliation, extended jail time, previous drinking, and recreational drug use. Local medical complications, including broken teeth, were present in one third of those with body piercings. The prevalence of jewelry allergy increased with the number of piercings. Of those with tattoos, 17% were considering removal but none had had a tattoo removed.

Limitations
This was a self-reported data set with a 33% response rate.

Conclusion
Tattooing and body piercing are associated with risk-taking activities. Body piercing has a high incidence of medical complications.
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celticlord said:
Does it have to be from a happy meal? The ones from the gumball machines aren't good enough?
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sure, stiff the kids out of a happy meal just so you can save a few bucks....
 
UtahBill said:
sure, stiff the kids out of a happy meal just so you can save a few bucks....
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Naturally.....have to keep that ego-centric perspective at all times, ya know.....
 
Hatuey said:
Ummmm I contribute a ****load of taxes to society and I'm tattooed.....what the ****?
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You also smoke a hell of a lot of dope by your own admission. You may contribute via taxes--but you're part of the criminal element too.
 
Felicity said:
You also smoke a hell of a lot of dope by your own admission. You may contribute via taxes--but you're part of the criminal element too.
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Only problem with that is that declaring marijuana illegal is a racist and unjust legal position that needs to be reversed in this country posthaste.

Smoking dope should not make one part of a criminal element.
 
celticlord said:
Only problem with that is that declaring marijuana illegal is a racist and unjust legal position that needs to be reversed in this country posthaste.

Smoking dope should not make one part of a criminal element.
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But it is illegal--how do you define criminal?

and second--how is it racist?
 
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