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You usually only see graffiti taggers by their spray-painted autographs, but I saw an actual person wandering up the road doing his tags last night. I always expected it to be pairs of excited teenagers in hoodies. The chap I watched last night was a nicely dressed twenty-something in a button-down shirt with a preppy leather-strapped backpack. When he got to outside my house he looked around furtively (although not upwards to where I was) and started shaking his can: my wall is like catnip for taggers. When I called down and politely asked him not to do it, he stopped and ambled off. The whole experience was all terribly middle class.


I put my shoes on and discreetly followed to make sure he wasn?t going to double back. Last seen strolling onto Grove Park, and I can?t help wondering if he might live in one of those well-to-do houses there.


The way he just accepted my polite request seemed quite meek. I only cleaned the last tags off last week, which also involved stripping and repainting some cladding, so I?m quite glad he left it this time!

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I met a few taggers over the years and they've mostly been 20s males that some might suggest are somewhat "on the spectrum" which is of course no bad thing. They seemed to be quite introvert and exhibited some guilt for the trade. Appeared to be some kind of addiction to continually marking territory, keeping up with the tagger-Jones's, or an obsession to fill a gap. Good people really though.

johnie Wrote:

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> Don't you like it? I never knew. I shall stop

> immediately. Please accept my apologies. Banksie.



I'm not sure, but I posted this in good humour, was that wrong? I've just had a PM calling me an idiot. I couldn'treally GIS, but come on, be nice people. [i love art, and I do appreciate most street art, and get pissed off when good street art is vandalised by taggers (queen and corgies).] We are on here to discuss stuff, not abuse each other. Let's keep it friendly, and pause for a moment before jumping to a conclusion about posts.

peckham_ryu Wrote:

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> You?re fine johnnie. Maybe whoever messaged you

> has struggles of their own, impairing their own

> reactions.

>

> Now get down here and scrub that scrawl off the

> walls ;)


Thank you PR, and I would absolutely love to join others in scrubbing any hate away. I could really do with being part of a community effort right now.

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Johnie don?t be too concerned some people on here

> tend to play various ?cards? to (in their view)

> hold people to account for perceived slights.



So that people are clear, what views are you dismissing as people playing ?various cards? and what are the ?various cards? that you think people play?

If you?re seriously asking that question and not just being provocative, start at the beginning (logical, right ?) and ask what is the intended purpose of the ?unofficial moderator/side narrative? nature of earlier post I was responding to. And why there has to be someone always looking for offence against well-intended posts.

Why oh why ?



pk Wrote:

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> KidKruger Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Johnie don?t be too concerned some people on

> here

> > tend to play various ?cards? to (in their view)

> > hold people to account for perceived slights.

>

>

> So that people are clear, what views are you

> dismissing as people playing ?various cards? and

> what are the ?various cards? that you think people

> play?

KidKruger Wrote:

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> If you?re seriously asking that question and not

> just being provocative, start at the beginning

> (logical, right ?) and ask what is the intended

> purpose of the ?unofficial moderator/side

> narrative? nature of earlier post I was responding

> to. And why there has to be someone always looking

> for offence against well-intended posts.

> Why oh why ?

>

>

> pk Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > KidKruger Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > Johnie don?t be too concerned some people on

> > here

> > > tend to play various ?cards? to (in their

> view)

> > > hold people to account for perceived slights.

> >

> >

> > So that people are clear, what views are you

> > dismissing as people playing ?various cards?

> and

> > what are the ?various cards? that you think

> people

> > play?


Yeah it?s a serious question, so perhaps you might answer it?

That?s great, it covers the first part of my above reply to you.

Now you?re qualified to ?..start at the beginning (logical, right ?) and ask what is the intended purpose of the ?unofficial moderator/side narrative? nature of earlier post I was responding to. And why there has to be someone always looking for offence against well-intended posts?.

So go on, given your acute interest.

KidKruger Wrote:

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> That?s great, it covers the first part of my above

> reply to you.

> Now you?re qualified to ?..start at the beginning

> (logical, right ?) and ask what is the intended

> purpose of the ?unofficial moderator/side

> narrative? nature of earlier post I was responding

> to. And why there has to be someone always looking

> for offence against well-intended posts?.

> So go on, given your acute interest.


So you won?t answer then.


Poor

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