Some SA Apartments Banning Tattoos

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

Visible tattoos and multiple piercings do tend to be over-represented among populations who are likely to be involved in violence or illegal activities; ask any police officer or ER doctor. It's too bad for the hard-working, law-abiding tattooed and pierced population, but there it is.

that doesn't quite wash, since they are not undressing the rest of the population. It's like doctors saying that most piercings get infected. Well, duh--that's what they see, so that's the way it seems. Incomplete data leads to erroneous conclusions.

So, the apartment owners get to say who lives there. Fine. It's not illegal, it's not discrimination. I still find it reprehensible behavior. People like that probably find some excuse not to rent to non-white people, people with children, etc. And no, I don't have any evidence of this, I'm just speculating.

I wouldn't want to live in a self-described "upscale" community, anyfuckingway.

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by Cloud

that doesn't quite wash, since they are not undressing the rest of the population. It's like doctors saying that most piercings get infected. Well, duh--that's what they see, so that's the way it seems. Incomplete data leads to erroneous conclusions.

I said visible tattoos and multiple piercings tend to be over-represented. You know, the kind that don't require undressing to see. But doctors (in general) don't say that most piercings get infected. That's your erroneous speculation or anecdote.

People like that probably find some excuse not to rent to non-white people, people with children, etc. And no, I don't have any evidence of this, I'm just speculating.

So it's all right to make sweeping pejorative generalizations about 'people like that' with no evidence whatsoever, as long as 'they' are .. what? 'Other'? 'Not like you'?

I wouldn't want to live in a self-described "upscale" community, anyfuckingway.

Then it's a win-win situation.