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coming up against constant disdain from holy types has made me think that i don't actually need their business & since i wasn't allowed in their churches when i visited Rome & although i'm indifferent about their beliefs & try to treat all through my door with a welcome, it's about time the 'marks on flesh' brigade got some respect.
after all there will be more of us than them soon & it ain't nice to be victimised now is it?
what do you think?
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2007-05-06 12:14:50 · 16 answers · asked by ANDREW C 1 in Beauty & Style Skin & Body Tattoos

16 answers

i think you have a skewed opinion and are being very closed minded yourself. i'm a christian with tattoos but i can promise you that if i saw a tattoo parlor that said "christians not allowed" i would definitely never go in there and i would tell everybody i knew not to give you any business either, regardless of if they were christian or not.
you are just as closed minded as the people that you are trying to keep away. congratulations!

2007-05-06 12:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 1 0

A way of doing this - and solves the real problem - is something akin to what the place I go to does.

A nice, big, easily visible sign that asks if you have an attitude (or a sunburn, are poor, pregnant, looking to make a deal, on something, etc, but those are besides this point), to come back when you don't have one. This does the following:

The issue isn't religious folks per se, but rather those with an agenda. It could just as easily be the local PTA, some whacked off professor or neighborhood busy-body. There are, as seen by the above posters, plenty who are religious who are pro-tattoo. I agree that the real noise-makers are the minority. This lets the cool folks in.

This really is just an expansion on reserving the right to refuse service to anyone. You can't do it based on sex, race, religious creed, and a number of other criteria, but you can based on attitude. And let's be honest - that's the real problem, isn't it? If some atheist came in and started being a problem child, you probably wouldn't want to help him or her out either, right?

And most importantly, it's quite legal. There aren't many folks - except the troublemakers - who will object.

Side note to those immediately identifying "Christian" as religious: technically, he didn't identify you. That you can be very religious without being Christian I hope is a no-brainer. He identified "religious". He implicated catholics, but could also be talking about Jews, Muslims, Jainists, Buddhist... who knows? I agree that banning folks based on their religious beliefs is wrong, even if it wasn't illegal, but there would be lots of folks who could be affected by this.

For all we know, his shop is in Israel, although then that would make the issue of legality a bit more unknown for me.

2007-05-06 13:49:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Banned? For pictures on your body? Last time I checked the Constitution, tattoos were still legal. One more freedom you'd like to take away from your fellow man to make the world more comfortable for you? Tattoos aren't the exclusive property of ex-cons. Where have you been? Never seen a tattoo parlor? There are several in my town. Most of my friends have tattoos and only one of them has been in jail. No, they shouldn't ban tattoos just because they scare 'decent' people lilke you.

2016-03-31 23:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by Pauline 4 · 0 0

If they don't approve then why are they in your tattoo parlor in the first place? If they are giving you business wouldn't that mean they are getting a tattoo?
If the religious folks coming in aren't the vocal ones, then no need to punish them because of what others have said. You'd only be losing good business.
Maybe I'm misreading the question.

2007-05-06 12:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by jkc 5 · 1 0

If they come in and get nasty, ask them to leave, you have a right to perform your chosen occupation and they should respect that. I think the funniest thing would be to be halfway thru doing their tattoo, just stop and say leave. I know what you mean tho, when i was in getting my last tattoo, there was a guy waiting to get his done, and he suddenly started in on the perfidity of our chosen lifestyles. Even tho they are in getting a tattoo, they sometimes seem to think that the artists who do tattoos are all depraved animals. So i can sympathise with you man, but unfortunately, in the world of running a business, legally, you cant be discriminatory.

2007-05-06 12:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by Big red 5 · 1 0

i honestly dont think you should jeorpadize your business over a few people who think different than you. to make it look comedical and nobody gets offended and you dont lose business, have like a little saying near the door that states:

all of who walk in, will leave their political and religious beliefs outside these doors. may all have open minded, allowed themselves to release their thoughts in respectful and manner ways.
this is not a church, please do not preach your ways as i already know what i truly believe and dont believe it. there is nothing that you will never show me and/or tell me for me to change my mind.

this is a nice way of telling people how it is. and you do not loose business

2007-05-08 06:48:06 · answer #6 · answered by lasalle_1986 4 · 0 0

What the crap? I'm so called "religious" even though i hate the term... and i want a tattoo. I'm a Christian and i don't judge anyone who gets tattoo's because technically, we as Christians don't have a place to judge. We are to accept everyone. I'm planning on getting a tattoo very soon. (It's against the law to deny people based on their religion).

2007-05-06 12:26:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

I wouldn't ban a whole religion for the thinking of a few individuals. I am a non-denominational Christian and I have tattoos. My mother-in-law is Catholic and she has a tattoo also. I think it's only the extremists and 'Bible bangers' that have the issues. And they just arn't worth the time.

2007-05-06 12:48:03 · answer #8 · answered by Mika 6 · 1 0

If these people are coming into your shop for a tatoo then they would be rather hypocritical if they were saying negative things about your business.
i disagree with banning them- be the bigger person and don't let them get under your skin!!! LOL Seriosly, it would most likely be more hassle trying to keep them out then not, and they wouldn't speak any better of you!!
Get more respect by setting the good example!

2007-05-06 12:27:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

im underage and a girl and I have 3 tattoos, Im constantly being outkasted for them by older people, older people with tattoos though will start a conversation with you on them though (i work in a supermarket)
I think people like your describing need to realise that give it 40 years and there will be a generation of OAP's tattooed all over the place, get used to it i feel like tattooing to their forehead at times

2007-05-06 13:33:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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