Back Bay neighbors draw a line on graffiti

Boston Globe ^ | August 21, 2006 | Maria Cramer

[ConservativeStatement]

The quotes at the end of the article by "Caleb" are incredibly foolish even for someone with ties to Cambridge.

[L98Fiero]

"Caleb Neelon, a Cambridge artist who was curator of a graffiti exhibit at the New Art Center in Newton in March, said that jailing taggers would not stop others from spraying graffiti."

Who says the point is to "stop other taggers"? It's crime and punishment, not crime and "make an example of to deter others".

[MarineBrat]

Graffiti is the intellectual equivalent of a dog pi**ing on a tree. -MarineBrat

[Huntress]

Tagging a Back Bay wall is a way of inhabiting a neighborhood that is beyond the financial reach of many young people, Neelon said.

Actually, it's just plain old vandalism.

[SFC Chromey]

"tagging" is the same as a "haji-squat"

[TightyRighty]

Dammit, Gonzo, Dammit! When did it all go wrong?

[Hazcat]

Some one needs to "tag" these guys with a baseball bat a few times and they'll stop that crap.

[Krankor]

The reporter is an idiot. By actually naming the taggers, she just gave them exactly what they wanted- and inspired who knows how many others to try to attain that same immortality.

[Gator101]

I was thinking that perhaps the final test for the US ARMY Sniper school should be that you got to nail one of these punks with a tranquilizer dart.

Think about it. You'd have to stake out a potential site, hide yourself, remain motionless for perhaps hours before getting a shot, and you'd have to make that shot count. Once you drop off your sleeping tagger to the cops and you get your diploma.

[Shqipo]

Let them live and stew in the Liberal zoo they created. Mumbles Menino is no Guiliani.

[facedown]

Having lived just up Comm Ave from there, I can tell you that the residents do not realize that they have brought this stuff on themselves.

[Neoliberalnot]

See the liberals snivel when they get a taste of their own creation.

[IronJack]

Dear Tagger:

My property is not your canvas. Express yourself elsewhere, or I'll paint the street with your brains.

Thanks.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Having lived just up Comm Ave from there, I can tell you that the residents do not realize that they have brought this stuff on themselves.

OK. How did they do that?

[docbnj]

I have always hated graffiti "artists," and the PBS types who sponsor them by pretending that they are creative souls just yearning for self-expression.

I would sentence them to clean up graffitti by hand for a year, and no food until they accomplish each day's assignment. Then they can scrub the streets by hand. No TV, no other exercise.

[facedown]

OK. How did they do that?

Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Marty Meehan, etc., etc.

[facedown]

I almost forgot Tom Menino.

[Triggerhippie]

Darting these vandals would be fun any way you look at it. MA could sell licenses...

[Issaquahking]

Bingo! We have a winner of what it will take to take to win!


No one ever got their ass kicked for being too strong!

[Fester Chugabrew]

Some one needs to "tag" these guys with a baseball bat a few times and they'll stop that crap.

I'd like to catch one of those little vandals, spank their face, give them a new hair do with spray paint, and send them crying home to mama.