# Legally, what would happen if somebody got something that was illegal tattooed on their body? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 8, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594 "2021-04-08T05:44:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/21 "2021-04-09T01:17:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s amazing the rabbit trails you can start down pretty easily. Despite no real interest in the topic itself. I did a lot of browsing through [the archive.org manga library](https://archive.org/details/manga_library) when it was first uploaded and saw two or three _really_ hardcore and young doujinshi chapters. I wasn’t able to find them again, but you could give [Mujaki no Rakuen](https://mujakinorakuen.fandom.com/wiki/Mujaki_no_Rakuen_Manga) a browse there. _That_ is what passes for “milder”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/22 "2021-04-09T01:19:08Z")
No thanks. The wiki illustration for lolicon above was plenty for me. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/23 "2021-04-09T04:27:25Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > I’m not sure I understand what point you are trying to make here. I was imagining that a possible defense to child porn or other “illegal” stuff as tattoos could be that “It’s my body and I can put anything on there that I want”. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/24 "2021-04-09T04:43:55Z")
In an unrelated topic remember when Wikipedia had an anime girl mascot briefly? When I saw that thumbnail up there I thought it was her and I thought “How come Wikipedia doesn’t put that anime girl in more articles?” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/25 "2021-04-09T12:30:51Z")
[Moderating] Let’s please not go any further into the topic of drawn child pornography, here, than stating that it exists. Even if it is technically legal, we don’t need any “this is where to find it”, or even “these are the search terms to use for it”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/26 "2021-04-09T13:00:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Let’s please not go any further into the topic of drawn child pornography, here, than stating that it exists. Even if it is technically legal, we don’t need any “this is where to find it”, or even “these are the search terms to use for it”. Dude, the one title I mentioned by name is sold on Amazon. You are talking about an incredibly common subset of manga sold openly in mainstream stores in Japan, not some obscure secret. I’m not whispering out some secret password for a speakeasy, I’m pointing out one example tree from a forest. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/27 "2021-04-09T13:03:58Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > In an unrelated topic remember when Wikipedia had an anime girl mascot briefly? No, I don’t remember that, but there she is: > **[Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan)** > > Wikipe-tan (Japanese: ウィキペたん) is a personification of Wikipedia created in January 2006 by Japanese editor Kasuga.\[a\] She is an unofficial mascot of Wikipedia and is used at several WikiProjects. The -tan in "Wikipe-tan" is an affectionate suffix, in the form of a Japanese honorific. Like the OS-tans, she is a product of moe anthropomorphism. > Wikipe-tan is the mascot character for WikiProject Anime and manga and WikiProject Holidays' Christmas task force; she was also the mascot for Admin coac... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-what-would-happen-if-somebody-got-something-that-was-illegal-tattooed-on-their-body/939594/28 "2021-04-09T14:40:35Z")
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