Dear Editors of this Slander Rag against our Island,
How dare you think you can publish such trash as your article about being tattooed in Puerto Rico. Not only is it offensive to the artists and our Board of Health that have done everything in their power to keep tattooing clean and up to the reputation that Puerto Rico has stood for in these MANY years we have had tattooing on the island. The island of Puerto Rico has proudly NEVER had a reported case of a client getting sick due to a tattoo.
Bashing honest people trying to make a living with this unresearched, pigheaded YELLOW JOURNALISM is pathetic and low. But, maybe that is how you see the island in general.
I promise, I will NOT be the only person you will be hearing this from..
Disgusted and ashamed you call yourself journalists,
Sharon Carlaine
Dear Sharon Carlaine,
Thanks for taking the time to write and share your feelings about this article. I did not write it myself, so I share your surpirse and dissatisfaction. It is certainly not out intention to discredit the island or her people in any way. I will have a talk with the author and ask him to kindly cite his sources.
In the mean time, if you'd like to write either a new article that can set the record straight, or a letter to the editor that we can actually run, we'd be happy to afford such equal time opportunity to you. With a claim like that there has never been a reported case of someone getting sick from a tattoo, that would need a citation, or at least a quote from a public health official willing to go on the record about it.
In the future, I do hope you'll continue to bring such problems to our attention, though I would ask for a more respectable tone. I understand your frustration, but I'm asking you to understand that it's not my intention to give anyone a bad name or in any way disrespect Puerto Rico or her people.
Best wishes,
Puerto Rico Lifestyle Editorial Staff
EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was sent back to Sharon on January 7th, but we have not heard back from her as of publication.
