Who is to blame?

So here I am browsing wral.com and I came across an article about a 14 yr old that went got a tattoo over Thanksgiving while his mother was away.

The boys mother, angry at him /and/ the tattoo parlor had the tattoo artist, Christopher Blayne, charged with tattooing a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Both charges are misdemeanors.

The comments on the article are probably more interesting than the article itself.

14 year old baby, why did she leave her baby at home durning the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought that was at time for family to be together.

Somebody dropped the ball here…let’s throw this one out there. Perhaps the Mom…where was she on Thanksgiving while her 14 year old son was at home????? alone???? on a holiday???? Whatever happened to adult supervision, it’s not just for babies!

She definitely can’t put the entire blame on the tattoo parlor. As her son willingly went into the parlor to get a tattoo. That is Mom’s fault. But she could sue the tattoo parlor for damages, which, in itself, may be enough to put that tattoo parlor out of business. But the biggest fault is with the Mother. She obviously allowed her son to associate with people like this in the past. He didn’t blindly meet people and get a tattoo without the groundwork already being there. Nice job, Mom.

The last one is my favorite. I went ahead and made prominent the part I like best. “…people like this…” What the fuck is that all about? Seriously? What year is it? You want my opinion? Of course you do.. otherwise you wouldn’t be here right?

First off, the boy needs an ass whooping. Fourteen is not too old to be taken over the knee. He was told no, and no means no. He was underage, and it’s no doubt that he knew that. Who took him to the shop? I seriously doubt a 14 yr old boy went to the shop for his first bit of ink by himself. You want to be pissed at someone, mom? Be pissed at your son. Be pissed at the person or persons that went with him.

I’ve been in a lot of tattoo shops. And I’m not saying that some shops might not tattoo underage kids illegally, but I have definitely /never/ seen it. All the shops that I have been in, ALWAYS ask for ID. It gets photocopied and filed away. *shrug* Although, if I was the artist and charged with something like this, I would have the photocopied id and release form in my hands and presented downtown as fast as I could. I’d be like… “come bail me out.. oh .. .and bring that shit that clears my name, too will ya?”

If my boy came home at age 14 and said he wanted a tattoo, I would say no. He would just have to wait. Now I can tell you that /my/ boy would definitely think twice about disobeying me on something such as this. There would be serious repercussions if such a thing were to happen. And I am willing to be he (will) knows that.

well shit… I’ve gone off on a tangent.. long story short… my boy does something like that, and he won’t be able to sit for a while… that’s all I’m saying..

so back to the quote… “people like this…” oh? do you mean people like me? I’d like to meet people that say shit like /that/ in person.

just saying….