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News & ArtsWednesday, March 10, 2010
Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie: Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father, the Homemade Tattoo Gun Edition
Posted by Kelly O on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:15 PM
What's wrong with a coupla' TATZ, eh?
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sure, these parents are a little bit country, and we don't know the age of the kids, but this doesn't seem like much of a crime to me. piss poor judgement, sure, but not criminal.
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...of course you don't sweety. Of course you don't.
I don't understand why this is got blowed up so big!
...of course you don't sweety. Of course you don't.
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Making Georgia look great!
#2 Not much of a crime? If somebody sent your kids home with permanent tattoos, you would be OK with this? It is illegal to tattoo children. The kid's mother, who probably has legal custody since it blew up when the kids were sent home, certainly did not consent even, disregarding the illegality. These idiots should have "Stupid" tattooed on their foreheads while doing time.
#2 Not much of a crime? If somebody sent your kids home with permanent tattoos, you would be OK with this? It is illegal to tattoo children. The kid's mother, who probably has legal custody since it blew up when the kids were sent home, certainly did not consent even, disregarding the illegality. These idiots should have "Stupid" tattooed on their foreheads while doing time.
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I'm confused: circumcision is legal. What makes this worse? How come you all aren't getting down on Judaism?
Or is it because you can see this?
I recognized it's bad for their job prospects and will make them look like lowlife gangsters as teens and young adults, but is that worse than not helping your kids with homework?
Or is it because you can see this?
I recognized it's bad for their job prospects and will make them look like lowlife gangsters as teens and young adults, but is that worse than not helping your kids with homework?
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P.S. 1) Also, this was reported like a thousand years ago.
2) Its really fucked up to treat this on par with the beatings, starvation, murder, and trading out for prostitution, etc. that Dan reports in his "Everyone Deserves..." pieces.
2) Its really fucked up to treat this on par with the beatings, starvation, murder, and trading out for prostitution, etc. that Dan reports in his "Everyone Deserves..." pieces.
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Um, we allow parents to get their kids' ears pierced. I know that is less permanent, and this was clearly a stupid move on their part. But I think the charges are quite ridiculous.
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@ 9: Circumcision is usually (and *should* be) done by a licensed doctor/surgeon in a hospital, at least in the United States (but it should be everywhere, imo).
If the parents were not licensed tattoo artists or whatever they call them--and I don't know what the laws are in GA and their local jurisdiction--then that's a big no-no and they may have exposed their kids to diseases and/or injured them in a way not yet apparent. (Remember, that used to be a prime way to get exposed to Hepatitis before many places enacted regulations.)
Also, as a practical matter of speaking, what if the kids don't want these tattoos ten or twenty years down the road? What if they don't want to espouse a religious belief system? :O
Tattoos are the kind of thing one needs a serious maturity for due to their permanence, placement, pain, and price (possibly including removal)--and that's for both the receiver AND the giver (and maybe the payer)?
If the parents were not licensed tattoo artists or whatever they call them--and I don't know what the laws are in GA and their local jurisdiction--then that's a big no-no and they may have exposed their kids to diseases and/or injured them in a way not yet apparent. (Remember, that used to be a prime way to get exposed to Hepatitis before many places enacted regulations.)
Also, as a practical matter of speaking, what if the kids don't want these tattoos ten or twenty years down the road? What if they don't want to espouse a religious belief system? :O
Tattoos are the kind of thing one needs a serious maturity for due to their permanence, placement, pain, and price (possibly including removal)--and that's for both the receiver AND the giver (and maybe the payer)?
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Mmmm, (what sound like) prison tat's made at home wit' mamma an' her boyfriend, using pieced t'gether equipment. God bless the South.
I will give them credit for the ingenuity, though. I'd never have thought to use a sharpened GIT-ar string...
I will give them credit for the ingenuity, though. I'd never have thought to use a sharpened GIT-ar string...
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