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New face of vandalism?
The Brooklyn Paper ^
| 10/13/07
| Gersh Kuntzman
Posted on 10/13/2007 6:38:28 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk.
(Excerpt) Read more at brooklynpaper.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chalk; civicass; nannystate; policestate; revenuetickets; sidewalk; vandalism
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To: TornadoAlley3
Bureaucrats who have lost all sight of common sense when it comes to innocuous childhood activities.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:39:51 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: TornadoAlley3
To: TornadoAlley3
PLEASE REMOVE THE GRAFFITI FROM YOUR PROPERTY,” the Sanitation Department warning letter read. “FAILURE TO COMPLY … MAY RESULT IN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST YOU.”... defined “graffiti” as “any letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing … that is drawn, painted, chiseled, scratched, or etched on a commercial building or residential building.” So, you can't put anything on your own private property. Better take down those house numbers and the "Welcome to the Jones'" and be prepared for more lawsuits against the city when police and ems barge into the wrong house at 3 am. And while they're at it, better ban that building graffiti which looks suspiciously like, "Brooklyn City Hall"
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:48:21 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: goldstategop
Any more doubt that many cops will do exactly what they are told to do?
Like following orders to disamrm law abiding citizens as we witnessed in New orleans...
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:50:02 AM PDT
by
Crim
(Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
To: TornadoAlley3
"The property owner has 45 days to remove it..." No problem, it won't last 45 days.
However, this WILL be used by beauracrats to up their statistics of how much they are needed.
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:53:25 AM PDT
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: mtbopfuyn
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:53:48 AM PDT
by
bannie
To: martin_fierro
How long do his pictures last?
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:55:30 AM PDT
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: bannie
The square tires are a nice touch...
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posted on
10/13/2007 6:57:18 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: TornadoAlley3
If her parents have to come up with $300, how about making the parents of real criminals responsible for their crimes?
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:01:55 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
To: TornadoAlley3
This sort of stuff is to be expected from the govt no matter which of the two major looting gangs, er I mean political parties is in charge. One can never lose sight of the fact that some people just love to exert power over others.
Sorry if I upset some of the neo-cons who think that big conservative govt is better than big liberal govt. Well, maybe not so sorry after all.
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:04:02 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Attila the Hun... wasn't he a liberal?)
To: TornadoAlley3
A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk.
There goes Hopscotch and society as we know it with it.
What's next outlawing 'Jacks'?
(And forget Marbles. Those are lethal weapons now.)
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:11:50 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: Seruzawa
It's ALL about money. No matter what the supposed "crime" is.
They (the low life, money grubbing, good for nuthin, thievin, scumbag, livin on the dole, so-called law enforcement officials) are trying desperately to confiscate as much money as possible to fill their coffers.
It's not like we have REAL criminals trying to kill us or anything like that!
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:18:02 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: Seruzawa
big conservative govt Good point. There is no such thing.
A conservative government would be small.
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:21:43 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: TornadoAlley3
Waterboard her.
Then....off to Gitmo.
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:24:03 AM PDT
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: TornadoAlley3
Sputnik
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:36:03 AM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: Condor51
Jacks you mean those six sided pointy things carpet ninjas leave around the house for unsuspecting adults to step on while barefoot?
I thought they were outlawed with lawn darts and other tools of the trade for carpet ninjas.
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:36:31 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra
“Jacks you mean those six sided pointy things carpet ninjas leave around the house for unsuspecting adults to step on while barefoot?
I thought they were outlawed with lawn darts and other tools of the trade for carpet ninjas.”
I medieval times they were called caltrops and used to stop cavalry charges. They work really well, they once stopped my charge across the living room.
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:42:31 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: martin_fierro
that sidewalk artist guy's stuff is incredible. I have seen tons of it in pictures. What is also fun to see about his art is when you get a view from the "off" angle. The perspective and dimensions he uses for it to look "right" when viewed right cause the off angle stuff to be some of the weirdest looking things ever. Such as the below...
And the off angle...
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posted on
10/13/2007 7:42:57 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: eccentric
How long do his pictures last? Probably a few days, or until the next rain.
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