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What Should Be Done About Graffiti?
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T O P I C
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Discussion Started: 10-09-2001, 11:23 AM
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Is graffiti a problem in your neighborhood?
What do you think should be done about it?
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arcxenemie
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12-19-2008, 9:03 AM
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what would you rather see on all the over passes bridges highways etc. a big black or blue blotch covering up a piece of art? or a giant piece of art? we make the city look worse by covering up graffiti with big blotches of paint.
arc x enemie
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shortlady6
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10-19-2008, 5:55 PM
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THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM HAS ME TORN. YES THESE PEOPLE ARE DEFACING PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THAT IS A CRIME.I WILL NEVER ENDORSE DOING THAT. YET THE ART OF GRAFFITI IS A FORM OF ART JUST LIKE INK DRAWINGS, WATER COLORS, AND OIL PAINTINGS. GRAFFITI IS A PERSONAL STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST. IT CAN BE A VERY GOOD PIECE OF WORK IF THE ARTIST IS GIVEN A PLACE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE FEAR OF GETTING INTO TROUBLE. AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE THIS TALENT, WE WILL HAVE GRAFFITI. WHERE THEY PUT IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAS MORE EMEPTY BUILDINGS AND WAREHOUSES THAN WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE AS PART OF THE SENTENCE OF THE ARTISTS THAT THEY REFURBISH ONE OF THESE WAREHOUSES,GET IT ALL CLEANED UP FOR HABITATION AND THEN RENT OUT SECTIONS OF WALLS FOR THE ARTISTS TO DO THEIR ARTWORK. THE CITY CAN RENT THE SPACES FOR VARIOUS TIMES AND THE AREAS THAT ARE COMPLETE CAN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR VIEWING. THIS IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION THIS CITY GETS THE ARTISTS OFF THE STREET, AN OLD BUILDING GETS REVITALIZED AND PUT TO GOOD USE. THE ARTISTS HAVE THEIR SENTENCES PAID VIA WORK JOB. THEY GAIN A PLACE TO DO THEIR WORK. THEY EARN PART OF THE ENTRY FEES WHEN PEOPLE COME TO SEE THE ARTWORK. DID YOU EVER TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ARTWORK ON BLACK T-SHIRTS? IT IS AMAZING. SO IS GRAFFITI. IT JUST HAS TO BE DISPLAYED RIGHT
Sincerely, shortlady
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bcuh
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10-14-2008, 4:06 PM
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i think you people are too worried about the other person sitting next to you while youre still working 9-5 broke as hell. go eat your pills, turn on maury, call the person youre cheating on your other with. mind your own business, they are not affecting your life. whether you think graffiti is art or not there is a market. you should be more worried about israel attacking iran's nuclear facilities. you people are so ignorant.
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hshapiro
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07-29-2008, 9:33 AM
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I guess since I think it is a crime to destroy property with graffiti (like someone did to the Carnegie Library in Oakland last night), I am a jackass. When the catch the people that did this, those people should pay out of their own pocket to clean it up plus get the jail time. Lock them up and throw away the key.
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qwerty66
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07-24-2008, 5:01 PM
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The fact that 130yrs was ever suggested, is absolutely ridiculous. The fact that most of the people who commented think of this man as a criminal, is insane. It is spray paint. It can be removed, it is nowhere near permanent. It is a minor inconvenience to those who have to 'remove' it by putting more paint over it. There is no need to ruin someones life for a minor inconvenience. Get serious. He's not a rapist, a murderer, a child molester. He used spray paint. You're a huge tool and a jackass if you think this deserves a second of jail time.
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Cam228
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07-24-2008, 3:59 PM
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I would have to agree with credman. Why waste more tax money sending this guy to an over crowded prison. I suggest making him work off the cost of the damages and charge him fines. Not even community service, make him work at the places where he caused the damages for minimum wage and double the cost of the damages.
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Krakus
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07-24-2008, 3:05 PM
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Today, facing a possible a maximum sentence of 130 years in prison and a $300,000 fine, Daniel Montano ("MFONE" ,who had pleaded guilty to multiple acts of graffiti vandalism across Pittsburgh, including spray-painting buildings and homes, was sentenced to a minimum of 2½ years and a maximum of five years in a state facility. He was also ordered to pay restitution to property owners to cover the cost of repairs of damages, which over the past two years was estimated at more than $500,000.
Respectfully, Krakus
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gentlehawk
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07-24-2008, 2:33 PM
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Graffiti is not art, and tagging is a crime. Paint and decorate your own place as you wish, but tagging someone else's property is vandalism, plain and simple. This individual, and others like him, should get maximum jail time. Perhaps then they might learn to respect the rights and property of others.
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Animalia
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07-24-2008, 9:44 AM
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People get less than 10 years for murder yet people adding art to the streets get the possibility of facing hundreds of years? Anyone who has spent any time in a course on psych or sociology knows that increasing a punishment does not stop a crime.
Either way, how much more beautiful are the large, ugly, blocks of puke-colored paint the buffers use to cover up tags? We live in an urban area. Tagging is part of the culture. It doesn't hurt anyone. In fact, many krews have rules such as "No churches, no houses, no cars, etc" so it doesn't hurt the public.
A matter of aesthetic is no reason to send teenagers and young adults expressing themselves to jail. Let graffiti occur. It keeps things interesting. In fact, one could even argue that it gives people work- buffers get paid you know.
But all that aside, Pittsburgh has some bad crime rates of a violent nature. What's a little paint between comrades?
"All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals." -Peter Singer
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hshapiro
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07-23-2008, 8:32 AM
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I was on the T today and I saw that someone had painted on a bulding-Free MFONE. Give me break! You do the crime, you do the time.
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