Tattooed man starts online pressure group
A BLOKE who claims he was barred from a nightclub because of his tattoos has started a successful Facebook pressure group, according to the Beeb
Jon Andrew, who claims he was barred from the Oceania club in Swansea because of his tatts, set up the Facebook group which has attracted more than 2,000 members in the seven days since it opened.
Andrew, who runs a tanning salon, took his staff out to the club as a treat and was surprised when he was told that he could not enter the establishment with visible tattoos.
Speaking to the Beeb he said that more than half of the Premier League players have half or full sleeve tattoos. This rule meant that they would turn away David Beckham or Angelina Jolie [which team does he play for? Ed].
According to the Beeb, his Facebook page has become a Mecca for those who have been discriminated against.
Redfaced Steve Saunders, general manager of Oceana told the Beeb that the club does not operate a specific rigid policy concerning customers with tattoos or any form of body art.
He said that any decision to refuse entry to a customer is reached on an individual basis and considers a variety of factors such as age, sobriety and appearance. µ
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Anyone else tired of social networking sites giving those with an entitlement complex a means to vent their "woes?" Though I have no issue with body art, anyone who immediately turns to FaceBook, MySpace or any other means played out medium whenever they feel "wronged" is nothing more than a child trying to get their 15 minutes of Internet fame.

If this guy really wants to make a statement he should organize locally and act directly against the offending establishment. Instead, his feeble attempt at a movement is filed under "attention whore" along with any number of bloggers complaining about the insignificant.
How far down the plumbing has society gotten when someone cries "discrimination" based on something as frivolous as tattoos? 
There's real discrimination out there, racial, religious, gender, the disabled. That level of exclusion is wrong. But to cry about someone not liking a choice one has made about their appearance, that's absurd. If I dye my hair purple and get turned away from a black-tie dinner, I have no one to blame but myself. 
Tattoo all you want, but when someone finds your choice of appearance offensive, that's your own problem, not theirs.
Absolutely right.

Worked though, didn't it?
Getting a tattoo is your choice, not liking tattoo's is someone else's. You should be aware of the fact that getting a tattoo will put you at risk of discrimination by those that dislike ink.

Aside from the fact that someone used a computer to complain about the fact that they were bounced for scribbling on themselves with a sharp pen is there any IT angle at all?

Thought not... talk about a slow news day!
I don't know what's sadder: the fact that people think that making a Facebook group will cause social change, or the fact that these groups receive airtime at all from site like the INQ. What a sad state humanity has descended to.