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Jul. 1st, 2005
Things not to do for money...
Jul. 1st, 2005 03:55 pmWoman gets online casino URL tattooed on forehead for $15,000
I've discussed this story on a few IRC channels and other people's journals today. The conversation has often moved around to something along the lines of 'should there be a law against it?'
Personally I don't think it should have been illegal. However, what I would have liked to see is for every single tattoo studio in the world to have refused to do the work on ethical and aesthetic grounds.
At the end of the day, I think the image of their industry is harmed in two ways by this kind of stupidity. Not only do they now look like people who'll do anything for money, but also it's so horrendously tasteless - is it really cool to have a tattoo any more when people are going around with things like this permanently engraved on them?
I'm sure if you ask that studio then they'll say 'Oh, but someone would have done it - if not us, then somebody else'. If nobody used that excuse then the world would probably be a better place, imho.
Other issues that have been raised are the pitiful sum of money raised (about a year's private tuition?), and also, how happy the kid is going to be about all this ("Uh, thanks mum... you know you're never allowed to meet me from school ever again, right?")
I've discussed this story on a few IRC channels and other people's journals today. The conversation has often moved around to something along the lines of 'should there be a law against it?'
Personally I don't think it should have been illegal. However, what I would have liked to see is for every single tattoo studio in the world to have refused to do the work on ethical and aesthetic grounds.
At the end of the day, I think the image of their industry is harmed in two ways by this kind of stupidity. Not only do they now look like people who'll do anything for money, but also it's so horrendously tasteless - is it really cool to have a tattoo any more when people are going around with things like this permanently engraved on them?
I'm sure if you ask that studio then they'll say 'Oh, but someone would have done it - if not us, then somebody else'. If nobody used that excuse then the world would probably be a better place, imho.
Other issues that have been raised are the pitiful sum of money raised (about a year's private tuition?), and also, how happy the kid is going to be about all this ("Uh, thanks mum... you know you're never allowed to meet me from school ever again, right?")
