Should anti-tattoo discrimination be illegal?

[Coutts 10]

It's fine for those doing manual labour type jobs and menial tasks on minimum wage to have visible tattoos. No problem with that at all as they need somewhere to work. But I'm certainly not going to hire an accountant with visible tattoos to do my books, nor am I going to sit in the chair of a dentist with visible tattoos, and I sure as hell wouldn't allow a surgeon with visible tattoos to operate on me.

 

So NO, ani-tattoo discrimination should NOT be made illegal.

[Zamo 10]

Tattoos are body art and different people interpret art differently. If one persons art doesn't fit with the image/brand of a business then the business should be able to refuse employment if the 'art' is not covered up.

 

It is no different to people who want religious exemptions to company policies. These are all personal choices and others should have the right not to employ people whose visual choices conflict with an image they want to present.

 

Race, gender and disabilities are different because there is no personal choice and it is inappropriate to discriminate.

 

And for the record - I have some large tattoos.

[harvey19 541]

Does anyone else get sick and tired of wanting to make things illegal ?

[aliceBB 10]

Does anyone else get sick and tired of wanting to make things illegal ?

 

Don't you mean of other people wanting to make things illegal?!

 

I worry more about some of the things people want to make legal...!

Edited August 20, 2014 by aliceBB

[puisseguin 10]

 

That's precisely why it should be made illegal to discriminate. It shouldn't be intimidating. It should be normal to have someone with visible tattoos.

 

So if a guy came to your restaurant with "Kill the Jews" tatooed across his forehead, you would set him on as a waiter?

[harvey19 541]

I worry more about some of the things people want to make legal...!

 

That also.

 

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Don't you mean of other people wanting to make things illegal?!

 

Yes.(Must remember to read post before submitting).

[Mecky 10]

Anyone seen that idiot walking around town and Hillsborough with ACAB tattooed across hos forehead?

 

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What is attractive and what is not is subjective

[aliceBB 10]

Anyone seen that idiot walking around town and Hillsborough with ACAB tattooed across his forehead?

 

Wow, subtle.

 

Or perhaps just cretinous!

[vwkittie 10]

No I don't think so.

 

A tattoo is a choice - everyone (who isn't stupid) knows it may affect employment opportunities so you go ahead and get it at your own risk.

 

Also you could choose to have your tattoos in areas you can easily cover for work, so why not just do that?

 

If this was made illegal then surely you'd have to make all 'discrimination' based around appearance choices illegal? After all what's the difference between choosing to get a tattoo and choosing to have cheek flesh tunnels, facial dermal implants, split tongue etc.

[puisseguin 10]

Anyone seen that idiot walking around town and Hillsborough with ACAB tattooed across hos forehead?

 

An interesting lifestyle choice. Perhaps he wants to be on benefits for his entire life. Just think there are some who think that shouldn't be a reason to turn him down for the job of Police Commissioner.

[aliceBB 10]

Split tongues? Good grief.

 

It does beg the question of why people choose to change (some would say mutilate) their bodies in the first place. Tattoos, tongue piercings and split tongues would seem to lie at the far end of a spectrum which goes from 'This is the body/face I was born with, I'm happy in my own skin and I have no desire to change it', through 'A bit of make-up makes me feel more confident', and more radically, 'I'm having cosmetic surgery because I hate my face and it makes me feel I don't want to go out or socialise' to 'I don't think my body is OK as it is, I need to punish myself/beautify it by paying someone to stick needles full of ink into me leaving a permanent image which other people will have to look at and therefore notice me'.

 

But anything to the right of 'My unadorned body may not be perfect by the world's standards, but I'm fine with it' is probably more about egotism than anything else.

 

Otherwise, why would you want to turn your body into a canvas for a permanent, public work of 'art' (Bonzo's term, not mine)?

Edited August 20, 2014 by aliceBB

[skiddaw 10]

No, I don't think you should be able to discriminate against people who have tattoo's