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That's good to know :D Thank you!
And in response, this is my idea of simple graffiti:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://keusta.net/blog/images/lettrages-graffiti/big_graffiti/cartoon_graffiti-lettrage-big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.besquishy.com/index.php%3Fmodule%3Didentity%26sid%3D7&h=663&w=1180&sz=253&tbnid=9nIEowEGJJjWTM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgraffiti%26um%3D1&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=2
http://www.sauer-thompson.com/junkforcode/archives/Graffiti1.jpg
http://buytaert.net/cache/images-miscellaneous-2006-graffiti-1-500x500.jpg
And that little girl wasn't easy to make, lol!
Also, I consider letters to public officials sprayed onto the walls they will be painting over to be relatively clever. Other examples of such things include: "Dear government, please stop suppressing our art..." which is to the left of 99 red butterflies stenciled onto the wall, which is to the left of and facing 50 butterflies in rainbow colors painted in no particular order, which is to the left of the 1984 quote.....
However, my favorites at the moment are: a little girl painted untalentedly onto a wall, laughing, and a quote welcoming people to 1984 in an area sure to be surveilled soon enough because of its frequent graffiti in a world where our government is planning to get 200% video surveillance coverage of all locations.
Why? Because graffiti is simple enough that anybody can do it and enjoy it, and this needs to be displayed. Because we are living in an oppressive police state that is getting more powerful and scarier by the minute (look up "Silent Guardian," "Active Deterrent System," and "Pulsed-Emission-Projectile (PEP)"), and we might as well have a friendly welcome for the world.
I have to give credit where credit is due, and I apologize for not doing so sooner!
The photographs are courtesy of this guy, except for the pic of the moon.
And with the next flag, I will gracelessly resign my argument. :)
Since the car frequents the public, can it not be considered public? The task doesn't specify "public property," just public, and most people who have take an political economy/science introductory course will have learned that the definition of public is expansive, but can be boiled down to (in some cases) anything that affects people outside one's private social sphere. If the object (in this case, the car) goes out and people view it, it is a public object, no?
I'm not sure how this speaks to me, but congratulations on distracting and disturbing a small part of the military industrial complex. (How this can pertain to the MIC rather than just the military or your mail is a matter of introspection)
I agree to the fullest extent about not encouraging destruction. However, the "vandalism" of "public" property does not quite step into the domain of destruction, especially when the "vandalism" has meaning or beauty. I created a 10 page long stencil that took 7 hours to cut to that effect. Looking over to my door, it says: "Disclaimer: This art has been placed her at the risk of those involved to send a message, express thought, or create beauty. Subsequent removal, destruction, or defacement of these works of art as strictly prohibited and punishable under natural law. Those who endeavor to destroy what we have worked to create are doing no more than suppressing free expression and thought, and ultimately making the surrounding area LESS beautiful.
If art is a crime, we'd rather be GUILTY."
Also, in regards to generating fun-ness for players, nothing makes me happier than seeing tasteful, meaningful, or beautiful graffiti or vandalism, and I know many people who have the same sentiments. The nature of graffiti is one of the most subjective and controversial things that I've ever encountered in my conversations with people, and it should be recognized as such.
Also, "regular" vandalism is fun. It is a great group building activity, it gives some degree of risk and adventure to your life, it gives another avenue for artistic/poetic/egotistical expression, and it gives something to occupy otherwise boring moments of our life with something that damages our kidneys that *isn't* a controlled substance.
Finally, public property does not stand in the "private" domain, and large slabs of pink/grey/white concrete/brick/drywall should not be "protected" so vehemently as a integral part of urban beautification when somebody takes the initiative to make an aesthetic judgment and beautify it in a new and interesting way.
I don't want to nitpick, but that wasn't exactly growing wild in the city, so far as I can tell....
Putting up false pretenses that weren't really false in regards to art without being pretentious.
I like it.
I've never heard the "and" pronounced, and intensive makes sense enough. It's amazing how many years one can go without knowing these things...
And I'm insulted! Childish graffiti in good humor, as in anybody could have done it, even a little girl?
Oh, and, ummmmm.... sarcasm? Has anybody heard of sarcasm? Seriously? "Oh, I have no idea who could have done this!!!" wow..... Plausible deniability.