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A Pakistani man facing deportation from the United States due to drug charges had a federal appeals court rule in his favor.
“Rafiq, a Catholic, makes the unusual claim that the tattoos he has on his forearms violate Islamic law and could make him identifiable to extremists as someone who has converted from Islam. Rafiq feared being beheaded upon his return, according to the brief Rafiq submitted on appeal.”
Via NY Sun
“State Rep. John Wright, R-Broken Arrow, thinks legal tattooing will hurt the state’s economy because employers are less likely to hire a job applicant who’s tattooed. ‘Our society as a whole still does not view tattoos in a favorable light,’ he said. ‘Many CEOs do not wish to have people working on their front lines who are overtly calling attention to themselves.’”
Good, he shouldn’t have to worry about Oklahomans leaving the state to get a job on say, Wall Street.
Via AP
“Under the proposed guidelines, licenses would cost 250 dollars for an artist and one-thousand dollars for an establishment. Tattoo parlors also would be required to obtain a 100-thousand-dollar surety bond.”
From KTen
From the Seattle Times — A proposed law was approved by the Washington state senate.
Under the proposal, body artists and cosmetologists must abide by the sterilization standards laid out by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the infection precautions recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the health guidelines set by the National Environmental Health Association and the Alliance of Professional Tattooists.
A new law could result in harsher punishment of those who tattoo minors without parent’s consent. Legitimate tattoo shops aren’t very concerned, and the law would likely only effect amateur artists who aren’t following the law anyways.
A House committee unanimously approved Ure’s bill Tuesday that increases the criminal penalty for tattoo artists who lay ink to skin without the approval of the child’s parents. Under current law, underaged tattooing is a class C misdemeanor punishable by three months in jail and a $750 fine. Ure wants to bump it to a class B misdemeanor, which would increase the penalty to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Do you wonder how artists feel when fans have their creations tattooed onto them? In this interview with Sandman creator Neil Gaiman, he reveals his feelings.
The first time I saw somebody with a Sandman tattoo, I went “Oh my God, how strange is that?” Now the idea of people with tattoos of my work doesn’t make me stop or blink.
This raises interesting questions about the copyright. While he apparently hasn’t given any of his fans or their tattoo artists permission to use his works, he clearly does not have a problem with it.
A young Russian Communist was forefully tattooed on his face according to MosNews. Police contend that it wasn’t an assault but rather a publicity stunt by the Communist politician himself. Of course, they never investigated so how do they really know?
Zhirnov was returning home at night from his election headquarters and was attacked by four men who beat him up and forced him into their car where he was tied up with duct tape and the assailants tattooed obscene words on the candidate’s cheeks and forehead using a homemade electrical needle… The police at first refused to instigate a criminal case into the incident, claiming that Zhirnov’s report was a PR stunt.
CTV is reporting that Canadian prisoners will now be able to get safe tattoos in select prisons. This is good news, considering that used ink and needles are believed to be largely responsible for the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C in prisons.
…under a new $700,000 program that is now available in six of Canada’s jails, prisoners are being provided with safe, hygienic tattoos in a clean environment with new needles and ink, available for $5 for a two-hour session.
Four teens who visited the same tattoo artist in Pasadena were infected by a drug resistant infection. It is unknown whether the artist will face any criminal charges.
…the teens contracted MRSA after being tattooed by an artist working out of a home basement. Staph bacteria can cause infections as minor as a small pimple or boil, or as major as a blood infection or pneumonia.
We aren’t alone, the editors of The Daily Eastern News too think that the reasoning of the governor of Illinois is flawed in his thinking. Last month the governor refuted a law that would had dropped the minimum age for getting a tattoo from 21 to 18.
An 18-year-old can be drafted, vote and declare themselves as independent from his or her parents, but in Illinois, an 18-year-old cannot get a tattoo.
But thats not all, Bill Beckman the executive director of an illinois pro-life group in Chicago had this to say about the governor:
..why does the governor believe teenagers have the judgment and perspective to get an abortion? Which decision is more likely to be “a decision they’ll live with, and potentially regret, for the rest of their lives”? Why does Blagojevich oppose even parental notification before an underage girl can get an abortion?
