Brooklyn Got 'Tagged' More in '08
With tighter city budgets, quality of life issues are bound to get worse. Case in point: Graffiti complaints in North Brooklyn were up 20 percent last year; arrests were up 24 percent. “It’s bringing property values down,” complained one Bushwick resident whose building is frequently tagged. In parts of South Brooklyn like Sunset Park and…
With tighter city budgets, quality of life issues are bound to get worse. Case in point: Graffiti complaints in North Brooklyn were up 20 percent last year; arrests were up 24 percent. “It’s bringing property values down,” complained one Bushwick resident whose building is frequently tagged. In parts of South Brooklyn like Sunset Park and Coney Island, complaints were up but arrests were down.
Benson, you now want to cut and paste my posts and want to analyze my words. Let’s do it!!! Word for fucking word!
‘Walk over the Manhattan Bridge, when you get closer to Chinatown there are some buildings that have graffitti covering their entire roof tops, it’s a sight to see….’
Yes, I said walk over the bridge and there are with graffiti. NO GLORIFYING ANYTHING THERE. I also said ‘it’s a sight to see’, I didn’t say it was good or bad, just a sight to see. That’s where you went wrong, Benson, over thinking this!
I also said, ‘it’s impressive in a dysfunctial artsy way.’ Think about my use of the words ‘impressive’ and ‘dysfunctional’, Benson. Those are the ones you should have paid attention to. The ones you should have analyzed. Also, ‘impressive’ can mean in a negative way.
‘Yes, I regard ‘some’ graffitti as art”’
I didn’t say I regard ‘this’ graffiti as art, meaning the buildings in photos.
Like I said earlier Beson, I do choose my words carefully most times.
Please don’t put words in my mouth. If you want to anaylyze my words, I’ll help you with that.
We can play this game all day!
It was a joke. I was trying to lighten the mood. Oh well. I guess I’ll never get the SOTD!
“Some people love to snipe for the sake of sniping.”
See sniping/being snide/snarky is fun, trashing people is not. It’s a fine line, but there is a clear difference – in intent.
Humor is a grey area, granted, and clearly we need more of it around here.
Yikes, I think I’ll just go wash some dishes now.
No, c’hiller. benson just likes to go off on people out of the blue. He’s done it more than once to me in the past, many times to MM, and plenty of others. You can say the simplest, most reasonable thing and if he doesn’t like it, he can’t just disagree, he has to trash you. I have no patience for it- that’s what always got me in trouble before. Some people love to snipe for the sake of sniping. benson is one of them. I’m really disappointed in him- I thought we got past it.
Obviously the issue hasn’t been settled- except in your mind. If it were we wouldn’t be posting on this thread, would we? And- FYI- I never made that argument about squeegie men- that’s just another example of the “put words in people’s mouths ” attack method you employ because you can’t deal with differing viewpoints.
what do you have rabies this morning because you’re seriously foaming at the mouth.
“c’hiller- give the guy one lousy award and he forgets the losers lounge and all his plans. Maybe SOTD wasn’t enough for him and he’s suffering PTST over not getting QOTD?”
He’s gone all ‘Hollywood’ on us.
‘How noble of you to glorify vandals’
‘I just don’t like folks glorifying criminals’
Who the fuck is doing this…and don’t say me!! Get a grip.
Benson…you’re over analyzing my words and making too many assumptions!!!!
Benson, when you can read a sentence for what it is and not extrude more out of it, than address me.
benson, Please take one deep breath. and I will too, before I type this.
You read too fast and are missing key points.
1. No one said that graffiti on a private home/property is acceptable. In fact, it is agreed that it’s unacceptable and pretty much everyone here agrees with you on this point! [Hoo-ray!]
2. The point is that SOME not all graffiti is art. It’s really not a point of discussion it was decided without you. [Sorry, it’s just a fact, books have been written on it, museums and galleries and experts have weighed in.]
3. You’re welcome to your opinion, but you have no right to trash a person. Please play nice.
Thank you for listening, and I really hope you have a nicer rest of your day. [Totally unsnarky comment.]
“Rob:
Walk over the Manhattan Bridge, when you get closer to Chinatown there are some buildings that have graffitti covering their entire roof tops, it’s a sight to see….it’s impressive in a dysfunctial artsy way.
Yes, I regard ‘some’ graffitti as art”
“Yes, I wrote about graffiti on the rooftops of Chinatown buildings. I NEVER SAID/WROTE I admired them. I linked to them as a reference. I NEVER EXPECTED anyone to think this is paid for. And I didn’t REWARD them, I linked the photo.”
Cue up the music from “Twilight Zone”…..
Bxgrl: This issue was settled around 1995. If you want to keep at it, be my guest. Hey, while you’re at it, why don’t you revive that argument that the squeegie men were just merely exercising their “right” to make a living.
boy benson- what is your problem? First of all don’t go putting words in anyone’s mouth. Second- who died and made you the Oracle of Everything? We weren’t being snide- we were trying to kid you out of your snit. BRG wasn’t glorifying criminals. Neither am I. So get off it. (And don’t write scenarios for neighborhoods and buildings you’ve never lived in. There’s graffiti on my block too- on some of the private buildings. Guess what- it wasn’t done by Crips, Bloods or Terrorists. Just kids wanting to think they gained soe semblance of importance).
It still doesn’t give you leave to insult BRG because you disagree with her. and if you don’t want to get feedback on your comments, don’t post them.