Flash Your Tattoo

Just when you think that tattoos are gaining acceptance, a story depicting the opposite shows up in the news.  Tattoos profiling and stereotyping is rearing it’s ugly head in Japan.

After a recent musical event in Kobe, a city located in Japan, the local government is considering banning anyone with tattoos from enjoying their beach. This brainstorm is being debated after a few college students were arrested for marijuana possession after a musical concert was held.  It’s not defined in their article whether these particular students had tattoos but this local body of government is intent on cutting back on the number of young people enjoying the beach.  (continue reading…)

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With the huge success of YouTube like videos, we are now seeing other ways video is now becoming a prominent tool in our entertainment and other aspects of our lives. So it’s no surprise we can now get instant gratification and access to a web site that offers webisodes of tattoo reality TV. (continue reading…)

First let me say – I’ve never golfed.  Had the opportunity on a Disney vacation but there was a dress requirement – polo shirt – just don’t own one of those and I refused to buy “special clothes” to meet the dress requirements.  Well, if dressing in routine golfing gear has turned you off in the past, there is now an answer.  This online store called Tattoo Golf deals  exclusively  in cool tattoo golf gear. They have tattoo-inspired designs on everything from shirts to cool accessories for you to wear while you’re whacking your balls.  (continue reading…)

The Marines are looking for a few good men – minus the tattoos.  Not only has this military branch laid out strict guidelines for interested future marines and soldiers currently serving, they also feel their guidelines will help with any future career plans a marine might pursue once he’s out of the marines. Their view is excessive tattoos detract from the professional appearance that people expect of a Marine.  Although the Marines have had a fairly strict policy in place, Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent stated that they realized more guidance was necessary to clear up questions about the existing policy. Sounds a bit bureaucratic. (continue reading…)

Have you ever heard of the opinion that people should not be allowed to have children unless they were prequalified?  Pass some type of “common sense” test that could determine if you have the brain capacity to care for another human life without fucking it up.  Now we can expand on that to testing the friends of the potential parent.  A twenty year old Louisville man by the name of Lee M. Derrick decided it was a great idea to place a tattoo on the rear end of a poor one year old kid that was visiting his home. Authorities have charged Derrick with a felony child endangering charge which means he is facing up to five years in the big house.  I can almost guarantee he won’t get jail time but maybe this will illustrate to other morons out there that tattooing a toddler is not the best idea. (continue reading…)

Read an interesting article in my local paper – the subject – this woman was appalled that her  son’s teacher had a tattoo on display.  She rants about how she called the principal of the school, the teachers union, and when she didn’t receive satisfaction going was writing to the paper to bring attention to this situation that was getting her panties in a bunch.  (continue reading…)