I can appreciate that some people dislike tattoos, although I have several. Mine are not on constant display, as they are usually covered by a shirt. I am not ashamed of any of them.
I have never rushed into having a tattoo, and have no regrets about having any of them.
In this country, you must be at least 18 to get a tattoo. An older person would not be allowed to take you to a tattoo parlor, and hold you down whilst someone else forced one onto you. If anyone tattoed a child, then child protection services would be called immediately.
I believe that being circumcised should be an adult decision made by the individual concerned. It is required sometimes on medical grounds at an early age, and that is understandable.
Tattoos can actually be removed, it is very difficult to grow a foreskin back (it involves a lot of stretching to have any success).
A foreskin is there to protect a very sensitive part of a mans body.
It is the right of the individual to decide what happens to their own body. No one has the right to make that decision for them.
As Dale states above, he wanted to have it done! He was old enough to make the decision, and that's how it should be!
Best wishes ...Rik
*PS - anyone that has been circumcised...you are not freaks in any way...don't let anyone tell you that you are!