Busan police have sparked controversy by banning people with “excessive tattoos” (i.e., gangsters) from entering area bathhouses.
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9 Comments
I thought those gangsters owned them? They do in my neighborhood in Seoul.
:))
I ran into one of these signs at The Jeju Shilla 12 years ago and ended up being denied entrance to the Hotel sauna because I might frighten people by my “similarity to a yakuza”.
That has only been topped by the guy on Sejongno who wanted my autograph because I was “that famous American boxer.” When I asked which one he meant, he said “Marvin Hagler”.
It must be the blue eyes.
Yeah, it used to be any tattoo would get you the boot. Pretty liberal times nowadays at the bathhouse. Except for foreign workers in Ansan (wasn’t it?).
Lucky for me they don’t ban anyone who has recently undergone the cupping treatment done by Oriental doctors. Frightening looking circles cover my torso. My scuba instructor in Cebu thought I had AIDS.
Actually, they could get sued by those who have tattoos for infringing on their rights.
It seems like the police in Pusan are very active as enforcers of public morality — bathers with too many tattoos, wife-swappers, and English teachers overstepping the bounds of their visa status by staging plays of sniggering crudity. How are they on crime?
B.C., They are organized.
I believe railway has used a double entendre there and rightfully so.
@Brendon:
R. Elgin,
I am a big fan of irony; I chose the correct adopted county to revel in it.