Arrest/Imprison people with face tattoos

[August1991]

If you have tattoos, it is your choice.

If you have dark skin, it is by birth.

[Michael Hardner]

8 hours ago, August1991 said:

If you have tattoos, it is your choice.

If you have dark skin, it is by birth.

Indeed, this is the logic of the xenophobe.

 

I don't like how you look, dress, speak: it's an affront to my rights.

[herbie]

I don't think he's meaning cultural tattoos, I think he means those weird people who intentionally disfigure themselves thinking it's "cool" instead of a cry for help. Or 'devoted' gang members.

[August1991]

On 6/4/2025 at 5:20 AM, Michael Hardner said:

Indeed, this is the logic of the xenophobe.

 

I don't like how you look, dress, speak: it's an affront to my rights.

Your rights?

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While I admire its intent, I strongly disagree with the federal US Civil Rights of 1964.

This US federal act attempted to control private interactions.

If I refuse to marry a person of a different race, it is my choice. As Pierre Trudeau famously said. 

[Aristides]

On 6/5/2025 at 4:21 PM, August1991 said:

Your rights?

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While I admire its intent, I strongly disagree with the federal US Civil Rights of 1964.

This US federal act attempted to control private interactions.

If I refuse to marry a person of a different race, it is my choice. As Pierre Trudeau famously said. 

No  one disputes your right not to get a tattoo.

[August1991]

On 6/7/2025 at 1:48 PM, Aristides said:

No  one disputes your right not to get a tattoo.

This is my thinking.

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A person cannot choose their skin colour. By birth, some people are left-handed, others right-handed. This is something they cannot change. It is difficult to learn a new language, almost impossible to lose an accent.

The State should be indifferent to such.

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But if you choose to have a face tattoo - any tattoo - the State should identify you, and arrest you on this alone.  

[Barquentine]

12 hours ago, August1991 said:

But if you choose to have a face tattoo - any tattoo - the State should identify you, and arrest you on this alone.

Before I reply...... since I don't know you - are you serious?

[August1991]

On 6/11/2025 at 6:11 AM, Barquentine said:

Before I reply...... since I don't know you - are you serious?

A tattoo is a personal choice. Skin colour is not.

In a civilised state, I see a difference.

If McDonalds refuses to serve someone with tattoos or I choose to marry a dwarf, it is a private choice.

In Canada, we have a bilingual federal State.   

[Michael Hardner]

6 hours ago, August1991 said:

A tattoo is a personal choice. Skin colour is not.

In a civilised state, I see a difference.

Why should they be arrested though? 

Conservatives like myself, we want to maximize freedom of choice.

[Barquentine]

On 6/10/2025 at 6:38 PM, August1991 said:

But if you choose to have a face tattoo - any tattoo - the State should identify you, and arrest you on this alone.  

Why stop there? Arrest anyone with a nose ring, drawn eyebrows, pierced earrings, gaudy makeup, dyed hair, no hair, beards, false eyelashes, sunglasses... F*ck it, arrest anyone you don't like the look of!

[August1991]

On 6/25/2025 at 7:34 AM, Barquentine said:

Why stop there? Arrest anyone with a nose ring, drawn eyebrows, pierced earrings, gaudy makeup, dyed hair, no hair, beards, false eyelashes, sunglasses... F*ck it, arrest anyone you don't like the look of!

Disagree.

If a person chooses to have a nose ring, tattoo, earrings: the State should have the right to arrest you.

But if you are left-handed: the State should be indifferent.    

[August1991]

On 6/25/2025 at 6:14 AM, Michael Hardner said:

Why should they be arrested though? 

Conservatives like myself, we want to maximize freedom of choice.

Conservatives? Freedom of choice? That's Milton Friedman and libertarian - classical liberal.