He may not be able to graffiti public property but he can write poetry, run a business, and do many other things which require a lot more 'talent' than writing your name, no matter how craftily stylised it is.ESHAYS ADLAYS said:Such as yourself, you fucking derro?
Do a design and post it up you stupid cunt. Then, if you can possibly pull off something so good, buy a few dozen cans of spray paint, gain access to a high security train yard, and put it up with security guards looking for you. If you dont have the balls to do that, do it in your backyard. I guarantee you will never produce something as good.
1) No, a hose doesn't just wash off paint, markers, etc.Firstly, dont believe everything you hear on the news about the incredible waste of tax payers money cleaning graffiti off. THey claim 250million a year on trains alone. Let me give you a hint, it takes about 30seconds with a hose to remove a panel. If this wastes 250million dollars a year, then blame ineffective government. Blame the fucking government for wasting billions on cross city tunnels and unused city - airport train links. How much does it cost to fund a war? A hell of a lot more than it does to fund an anti graffiti team to walk around a train with a hose. I bet if Picasso or Monet did an artwork on a train every single person out there would be praising him for his genius and innovation. Why do you get any more pissed off at a COLOURFUL self expression than a blank, plain, stone cold and unindividual wall, a canvas for the montonous and detached society which we live in today?
2) Why do you keep comparing the fact that you're breaking the law to mistakes the government works. Yes, they make mistakes, but they make those mistakes with hopes of bettering our lives. I don't agree with the government in a lot of things, but what they do has more integrity that writing your name on a train.
3)Yes, if Picasso and Monet did artworks like that I would praise them. However, what you guys are doing isn't great art. It's your bloody 'gang's' name. It doesn't look very attractive. Not many people can produce something as grand as what Monet painted, yet a lot of the gangs seem to produce tags quite easily. Talent? doubt it.
1) yes, there are pockets of poor housing, however, in areas such as Edgecliff and Hunters Hill I sincerely doubt there really is 'poverty'. Living in such areas gives you access to a higher level of education, thus they do have a future. In fact, I'll take a gander and say that 95% of Australians do have a future if they strive to fulfil their goals. Unfortuantely, this does not seem to happen with some people as being in gangs, stealing, etc. is the easy way out.Once again, I dont recall saying its allright to commit crimes, but in the society we live in, I think you need to prioritise, and then think about your own experience. And you class all of the eastern suburbs as being of a higher socio economic background, yet there are pockets of poverty in all suburbs, there are housing commisions and kids without a future in all suburbs. Despite this, most of the clothes they wear are fake, or at the best, stolen from a corporate monopoly such as David Jones. But then, i never said they are all from out west, or poor, disadvantaged people. There are instances otherwise, as with any social group.