Tattoo Youth
A number of parents' groups are currently lobbying Congress to pass legislation requiring minors to obtain parental consent before they can get a tattoo. What do you think?
Geoff Casterbaum,
Civil Engineer
"I would never let my daughter get a tattoo. I didn't spend 17 years washing and softening her supple skin only to have her mar it with some ink."
Steven Zylker,
Student
"Dude, I was gonna get this totally radical tattoo that said, 'Satan Is Lord, All Hail The Prince Of Darkness,' just to let everyone know I'm not someone to fuck with. Too bad my mom said no."
Bobby Ohlmeyer,
Student
"My dad's such a hypocrite. He says I can't ever have a tattoo, even though he's got this cool nine-digit number on his forearm."
Christine Potvin,
Systems Analyst
"A 15-year-old is old enough to buy cigarettes, but not old enough to get a tattoo? That's not right."
Candice Brocklin,
Painter
"When I was a baby, my mother took me to get my first tattoo. It's on my forehead, and it reads, 'Mommy's Little Mistake.'"
Ned Junker,
Karate Instructor
"My mom said I could get a tattoo, as long as it said, 'Homosexuality Is Wrong.'"
