I am against it.

Since when does 18 mean one does whatever one wants without thought to others? It is an age, not a license. He is hardly living on his own, making his way, right?

I might chuckle, slightly, under my breath, at all the people on here that have tatoos, and haven't regretted them, for a minute, at all, love them as much as the day they got them, uh, like, well, 6 months ago, when they were 16.5 years old, at that.

I know more people with tatoos, at the advanced age of 40ish, that regret them than I do people that still love them like they did when they got them. I wouldn't hire someone with a tatoo, or a piercing, that I found objectionable, simply because of the tatoo or piercing. At 18, 20, or 22ish, that might seem so discriminatory, and you might scream, "great! I wouldn't want to work for you/such a place anyhow". But, times change. Bills need to be paid, and working for minimum wage is not that swell. There are plenty of industries that might frown on visible tatoos, or ones considered objectionable, or controversial. There are industries that wouldn't, too. Just make sure you are comfortable staying in that second camp.

They are such a permanent reminder of what can often be a fleeting fascination with something. I would rather see someone 'brand' themselves in another way.