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Wargod

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 08:01 pm Click here to edit this post
My grandma rode for years, so did my mom. I just knew too many friends who went down on them....and for those who walked away, they did it with very serious injuries. It really is a pity though, there is nothing like being on a bike, especially a harley!

Lilliegirl

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 08:21 pm Click here to edit this post
You are right Wargod, I have lost alot of friends but I have gone down to and it was not a pretty site to see and hope I never go down again.

Grooch

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 07:32 am Click here to edit this post
S.C. Supreme Court Hears Tattoo Case

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The state's highest court heard a challenge to South Carolina's tattooing ban, focusing on whether the practice is an issue of free speech or public health.

Ronald White, who was sentenced to five years of probation for illegal tattooing, says a South Carolina law that allows tattooing only by physicians violates his First Amendment right of free expression. Oklahoma is the only other state with a similar law.

"We all have a right to look at a painting, but this law would ban the artist from painting it," White's lawyer, Jared Newman, told the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday.

But Charles Richardson of the state attorney general's office said the law was "not a banning of ideas, but the medium utilized. ... the human body."

"Isn't tattooing a form of artwork?" Chief Justice Jean Toal asked. She said tattooing was mentioned in literature and throughout history as a form of expression and that courts have held that activities such as nude dancing were forms of expression.

"The state has restricted this artwork to a licensed physician," she said.

Newman said the state allows other forms of so-called body art, such as piercing. In that case, practitioners must be licensed and regulated, restrictions that would also eliminate the public health concerns surrounding tattoos.

Justice Costa Pleicones questioned Newman on whether the act of tattooing was protected speech. "Who's doing the expressing here? It's not illegal to have a tattoo," Pleicones said.

State Sen. William Mescher has been trying since 1994 to legalize and regulate tattooing. His chief opponent has been Rep. Jake Knotts, who has said that "if the Lord wanted you to have a tattoo, he would have put it on you."

White, 32, contends that tattooing is older than most of today's religions and his first tattoo - a star of David combined with a cross - was an homage to his Jewish and Christian heritage. He said he has given many illegal tattoos in South Carolina.

White challenged the law when a television station aired footage of him giving a tattoo in 1999. "It was only after I tattooed on TV that I got warned by police," White said.

He said he has stopped tattooing here because it would be a violation of his probation.

After the hearing, White said he was encouraged by the justices' line of questioning. "I think they were educated questions and (the justices) realize they are dealing with an art form," he said.

Last fall, a Massachusetts trial judge ruled that state's law banning tattooing violated free speech rights. Another judge kept the ban in effect for several months so the state could create industry regulations, and tattoo parlors began operating there legally in February.

Twiggyish

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 08:33 am Click here to edit this post
Doctor's have terrible handwriting and they are suppose to tattoo, too?

Lilliegirl

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 06:55 pm Click here to edit this post
GROOCH, I read that in the paper today, I know Jean Toal and I went to school with Rep.Jake Knotts and he is nothing but a redneck. Ive seen Whites work and he is good. You are right Twiggyish, just because someone is a doctor can they draw a picture, I dont think so they have to much trouble writing, can you see someone say doc I want a tattoo,yea right.

Lilliegirl

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 07:26 pm Click here to edit this post
GROOCH are you from S.C. I live in Columbia.

Grooch

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 07:44 pm Click here to edit this post
No, I'm in Florida. I just thought the article was interesting after listening to you guys talk. :)

Missy2

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 07:56 pm Click here to edit this post
aaah I love Lex's tattoos! :) He rocks! I've decided I am going to get a little black cat. I wanted to add onto the one on my back eehh not sure what? :)

Micknrc

Friday, November 16, 2001 - 05:45 am Click here to edit this post
I'm getting my first one when Lex is the last remaining Survivor! (sawheel promised to hold my hand cause i'm a skeerdy-cat)

Babyruth

Friday, November 16, 2001 - 07:46 am Click here to edit this post
My father-in-law got his first tattoo 2 years ago at age 66. He got a kite (which he designed) on his shoulderblade.

I ALMOST got one done that day, but couldn't decide what I wanted. Since then I've decided I want a little tiger (my lucky/power animal), but now that known and trusted tattoo artist has retired! So, I've not pursued it.

Urgrace

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 - 09:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes I do, sort of...
When I was in grade school I had to ride the bus home, and often there were too many kids on the bus which meant some had to stand in the isle. Once I was standing and the bus lurched, making me grab hold of the handle on the seat next to me and the kid in the seat lurched toward me at the same time. He was holding a very sharp lead pencil and jabbed me in the upper right arm. I still have my blue dot 'tattoo'! My daughter wanted to get a tattoo on her ankle and her 'other' mother (my ex's wife) bribed her with a sapphire ring to not get one. She calls the ring her 'tattoo'!

Car54

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 - 10:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Urgrace, I have a pencil point dot in my knee! Same story!!!!!

Resortgirl

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 04:26 am Click here to edit this post
Micknrc, I"ll come hold your hand! I want to get another one... a ladybug on my toe, but my toes are bony and I think it will hurt... ALOT!

Micknrc

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 05:20 am Click here to edit this post
Thanks RG, I guess I'll have to start figuring out what to get since Lex will probably WIN! rotflmao

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 01:22 pm Click here to edit this post
Somebody please tell me...right after getting a tattoo does it scab over at all?

Wargod

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 01:33 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes it does scab. But you really dont want to scratch the scab off as it might remove some of the ink. Patting or lightly slapping it will take care of any itching. Once the scab is gone, tattoo will be healed.

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 04:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Thank you kindly, WG.

Spygirl

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 04:54 pm Click here to edit this post
From what I remember of mine, you have to constantly keep it moist with some sort of neosporin and not let it dry out. Not sure if mine scabbed over, but I remember it certainly didn't get infected because I put that crap on 24/7 for more than a week and the covered it lightly with a swab, I remember.

Wargod

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 05:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Neosporin with pain reliever was a life saver, lol. I ended up being a bleeder, which we found out during my first tattoo. I had no problem getting the tattoo, but the blood made me pretty quesy, lol. That could be why mine scabbed over so bad too.

Admin

Monday, December 24, 2001 - 10:36 am Click here to edit this post
Yes, I tattoo. I am not your average ADMIN I guess! I really like what they call Momento Mori which means 'Remember you will die' or something like that. Basically images of death to remind us that death is patient and will wait for us....don't forget to LIVE as much as you can and enjoy life!

I have a large image of 3 skulls intertwined with vines and roses, along with flames and smoke on my left breast. I began this when I was 15 years old and plan to continue the image down onto my left shoulder and arm soon. You can see a photo (if you can see beyond my hairy chest!) when you click my username, then my 'Homepage' link.