It is the person Antony Ratcliffe who is 42 years old comes from Nottingham, was turned back at Colombo's main airport on Friday for allegedly showing a lack of respect for Buddhism. The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism - the religion of the island's majority ethnic Sinhalese. Mr Ratcliffe says the "inoffensive" body art was meant as a tribute. He says that he likes the artwork in tattoos obviously and, due to his belief in Buddhist philosophy which he has followed for many years, he thought a quality tattoo of the Buddha was rather apt. It wasn't something he took lightly or did on the spur of the moment.
This is the reason why he had a buddha tattoo. The tattoo design looks great, it must come from a skilled tattoo artist with the high quality of tattoo machines . But obviously that the officers are not agree. They are angry with the buddha tattoo, they thought it is an offensive behavior and a disrespectful behavior to buddha.
What’s more, there are some similar behaviors about the disrespect to buddha.
Last year, three French tourists were given suspended prison sentences for taking photographs that showed them pretending to kiss a statue of Buddha at a temple.
In 2010, the American R&B star Akon was refused a visa after protests over one of his music videos, which featured scantily-clad women dancing in front of a statue of Buddha.
The UK foreign office offers the following caution for travellers to Sri Lanka: "The mistreatment of Buddhist images and artefacts is a serious offence and tourists have been convicted for this."
It also advises that travellers "don't pose for photographs by standing in front of a statue of Buddha".
What do you think about the buddha tattoo? Is it really disrespectful to the buddha? Different countries have different rules to the custom. We can not say without any irresponsible.
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