On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:20:22 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:24:22 -0800, jps wrote:

Aren't you the guy who just got through arguing about us vs. them?

Are "they" all gang bangers now?

Well, that's probably a good question!

So, tell me, what are they tagging? Still lifes? Landscapes? Studies
in the human form?

Or....... ? What......... exactly.....? Innocent scribbles?

Lots of it is just artwork or someone trying to make themselves famous
in the hood. Sometimes it's a gang member tagging territory.

But you group every graphitti artist as a gang member which is simply
not true. Many of them are simply artists who get off on doing public
art illegally. That's the sort of thing you get a pubilc service
sentence for, not prison.

Ever seen a spontaneous art installation? Don't suppose they have
those sorts of expressions in the south, unless it's the Klan burning
a cross. Spontaneous art installations pop up around here all the
time, including sculpture. Graphitti may be illegal but it doesn't
have to be related to criminals or crime.

On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:34:35 -0800, jps wrote:


Lots of it is just artwork or someone trying to make themselves famous
in the hood.

A lot of it is art, but the problem, besides the defacing of other
people's property, is a lot of it is just garbage. Some graffiti adds a
nice bit of color to a drab city, but ... Still, eight years in the can,
seems a little excessive.