Kiddies with public ink

1. In the Bible it says dont no tatoos...Really if you dont believe me then go to Leviticus Chapter 19, verse 28. (if you dont have a bible then go buy one) You cannot argue with the almighty.

2. If you walked into my place of employment..... Specialty test equipment manf. company in Michigan. You would likely be shown the door after a 20 second greeting. The owner of the company abhors visible body art.

3. Why would you actually pay money to have your body inked up and it never comes off? How stupid. It used to be that the only guys that got tatoos were in the Navy, a few in the Army and NO women had tatoos. 4. I am told that if you have a lot of tatoos and it is very visible even the armed forces will not allow you to join...maybe for good reason.

5. I really think that some of you fellas that have a *hit load of this "body art" It is really body defacing in my opinion are trying to say "look at me Im a loser" I didnt graduate from H.S. and the only skill I have is to be able to deface the skin of people, boy I am in high demand. There is a dork at where I work that has a stud through his tongue.....Total idiot. Why would any sane person do this? 6. Think about your long term future, do you actually think that you could become a high level manager at a respected company? Not likely. Think about the example that you are setting for any children that you have, and grandchildren.

7. In case you havent guessed I dont have any tatoos. 8. And last but not least it is clowns like you that drag this country further into the sewer with obscene marks all over themselves, and it doesnt come off.

My advice to you, read the bible, go to church, hang around decent people, find a laser surgery place. Stop doing drugs, and stop drinking too.

My friend is in a christian rock band and is approximately 70 percent tattooed.

Times are changing, and christianity is changing with society. I like it.

and gun guru just cuz you have tattoos doesnt mean you are a bad person and having tattoos and doing what we do is what makes this world great! could you imagine this world if we were all the same? it would be pretty freakn boring!!!!

and not everyone wants to be a "HIGH LEVEL" manager at a respected company. some just want to have a regular job like farming or running a full size track hoe.

tattoos werent bad when just people in the armed forces had them now were they? so what is the difference now! we all get and do tattooing, the ones that do it, do it becuz we can express ourselves. come on i have a three leaf clover between my shoulder blades that has an actual meaning. it isnt just there cuz i wanted it. the whole thing is a representation of my heritage and the three leaves stand for the father, the son, and the holy ghost.

I have tattoos! and i have never committed a crime, so you are stereotyping right there!

So what you are saying mark is that by having tattoos people are going to think you are a criminal? that means that all these men that are saying they have tattoos that served our country should be stereotyped as criminals? that is basically what you are saying?

Ok, lets use having tattoos means your a criminal and changing it around a little bit. having a tractor means your a farmer. that isnt true now is it? so neither is tattoos and being a criminal!

What I did say is that if you have visible tattoos, a lot of people will assume that you have a criminal background. Given the association of tattoos with criminal activities, particularly gangs, this is hardly surprising. And it is also not surprising that a lot of former gang members are going through very painful tattoo removal because of the stigma associated with those tattoos.

You chose to be tattooed. I don't know why you wanted to be tattooed nor do I particularly care. You no doubt had a pretty good idea what people would think when they saw your tattoos, but you chose do do it in spite (or perhaps because of) what other people would think. I don't see where you have any right to complain if someone looks at you and thinks: "that man has a tattoo, he might be a criminal." Is that stereotyping? Perhaps. But it's hardly the same thing as saying "all blacks are criminals", or "all Mexicans are criminals". The difference is that you CHOOSE to wear a tattoo.

i think that is just plain nasty.

I wonder if they ever think oh hey when i stick this piece of spray painted one inch pipe through my ear and it stretches my ear what will my ear look like when i am 50. I would really like to see what there ears look like when they do turn 50.

Young man your body was made to be a pin cushion or a coloring book. Life is not just about what pleases you, consider those around you also.

I say "new" tatoos, because existing ones that do show are entered in your service record so it will be known if you get a new one that doesn't meet regs. Tatoos that existed before the new regulations aren't supposed to be held against you, but I can't see it helping, either. With everything else being equal, guess which candidate a promotion board or officer selection board will choose, the person with or without tatoos.

Thinking on it, in ten years in the Corps I can't recall ever seeing an officer with a visible tatoo.

I've put this old frame of mine through a lot of trauma over the years, but I've never felt the slightest urge to deface it with a tatoo.

And I agree with others. If you have visible tatoos, you may as well forget about meaningful employment if it involves contact with the public.

what happened to dont judge a book by its cover?

if that isnt enough proof how bout my cousin?

He did nine years in montana state prison and while there he got full sleeves, but he was there for something he shouldnt have done and he realizes that. he has learnd his lesson, he still is in disbelief how fast things can change and he has learned his lesson for what he did. he will tell you that he is happy to have chores and he is happy to come home and push mow his grass. and he is glad to get up at 4 am to go to work. right after he got out he found a jo setting up a steel ceilings factory and when that job was done he asked the factory manager for a job and the manager said no we dont hire felons. Well the corporate CEO of the huge corporation heard of this and he personally called my cousin and told him that he was hired if he was still looking for a job. my cousin is one of the youngest people there and he is already over the machine shop and the safety program. and he is one of the hardest working people i no and he would do anything for you.

so basically DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER sure just becuz he has tattoos doesnt mean he is a bad person. and that goes for everyone.

America grew out of the thing where if you rode a motorcycle then you were a hells angel and you were so bad. well it is the same thing except with tattoos today why cant we just forget it.

if we werent all different than this world would be really freakn BORING

Dollar Bill