The brand of parochialism that has been visited upon Cooley and St. Andrews, such as it is, are impossible to reconcile. The tattoo business is thriving is venues including New Orleans, Atlanta and Key West. Despite its association with pirates, no one is moving to close down the Treasure Ship Restaurant on Thomas Drive. The Jolly Roger is much in evidence when St. Andrews conducts its Mardi Gras Festival. Tampa Bay somehow has found a way to accommodate the Buccaneers.
Temporary tattoos are available wherever toys are sold.
Cooley, an apprentice tattoo artist, holds that tattoos are a legitimate art form. Hypocrisy, like sex, is best practiced privately and should not be forced on anyone. If there is a business they don't like, they can offer fair market value for it and put something else in its place. It's special all right. Our water bill was due on the 21st and they cut our water off on the 17th.