I wonder if people would think it’s okay if he had been given anesthetics. After all, boys get circumcised with and without anesthetics and that’s far more mutilating than a tattoo and a lot harder to reverse.
There are NONE for a tattoo.
Circumcision is a far different issue than this ridiculous tattooing. It is your opinion that the former is worse and more mutilating. When viewed in both a religious and medical view that is not what others conclude.
And no amount of pain relief will make it possible for this child to not carry this horrible marking that will make life miserable for countless years.