tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post5600627822592042108..comments2023-08-07T05:35:58.196-06:00Comments on The Rogers Park Inconsistent - Chicago, Illinois: Vandalism at Armstrong School Greets Students After Memorial Daylafewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-9958438025644777622008-05-30T21:43:00.000-06:002008-05-30T21:43:00.000-06:00There are not that many gang tags. The few that a...There are not that many gang tags. The few that are legitimate are verifiable, because there is a message. The rest of the gang type tags are just scrawled for effect by wannabes. Most tags are from people passing through who want to put their mark down.<BR/><BR/>This is done with stickers and markers. Most of it is removable, but some is acid etched. Unfortunately, the taggers are eliminating our right to privacy by ruining are property. They are forcing us to either protect or secure, rather than simply moving on. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, if I were a tagger, I would prefer my privacy. The more video cameras that go up to deter drug and tagging activity, the less rights they have to make out in private. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the average tagger has no appreciation of what it means for society to lose its privilege of privacy in public, yet relatively discreet places.lafewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148984960122915712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19142273.post-21887149979710320092008-05-27T11:33:00.000-06:002008-05-27T11:33:00.000-06:00Vert well put. Its nice to see intelligent disucss...Vert well put. Its nice to see intelligent disucssion of these problems instead of just nay-saying all the time.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I've heard the "art" argument. Regardless of permission, which taggers almost never have anyway, I doubt random scarwled profantiy hasilty slapped on a road sign or store window counts as 'art' in most people's minds.<BR/><BR/>I've also heard that tags are used by gangs to claim territory. I don't really know if this is true or not, but it seems at least somewhat likely. Does anyone know the facts behind this?Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011685729904557796noreply@blogger.com