>If you really want to stop gang violence, people in poverty need opportunity and investment. The theory you are presenting, of monocausal criminality due to economic conditions, has been analyzed thoroughly and…
>I understand the nature of gang tags but I also understand that gang tags are the minority of graffiti art Because in some rail yard somewhere lurks some really decked out train cars, you want to prevent a neighborhood…
>Seeing as how NVIDIA doesn't actually manufacture semiconductors They don't fabricate, but they do design quite a lot of them, and are even moving into the ARM CPU arena.
>Painted symbols can easily outlast the people who painted them We aren't talking about that sort of painted symbol, though. I'm totally mystified as to why you refuse to acknowledge the nature of gang tags. They aren't…
>Seems a provision like that would make each dollar less effective. The same thing could be said of sanctions on Russian oil. Sometimes it has to be about more than pure economics, even as we try to craft rational…
I can't speak to the author's views, but it would to me. There's something very disconcerting about the ability of digital media to be "memory holed", and the Streisand effect is no longer a sure thing, in the age of…
How much do you know about street gangs? Yeah, they're dangerous! Turf markings are extremely dangerous. They aren't put there to be art, it's like calling a "caution: floor is wet" sign "art". I'm trying not to be…
>Anecdote is not a study And what I described is the outline of a study, not an anecdote. Small scale, limited sample size, and less well controlled than an academic study, but it's still data. Also, as another poster…
It's seriously privileged and classist to acknowledge that much graffiti is merely gang tags advertising territorial control over an area? It's "subjective" whether or not gang tags constitute art, rather than a danger…
The naivite of this belief is precious. Yes, some people use spraypaint to make stunning, socially relevant art. Banksy is, in some sense, a graffiti artist. But most graffiti has nothing to do with Banksy-esque social…
It isn't classist bullshit at all, it's human psychology observable and testable even on small scales. Try this experiment! Detail clean your car meticulously, and on separate occasions, ask friends to come with you to…
>If you really want to stop gang violence, people in poverty need opportunity and investment. The theory you are presenting, of monocausal criminality due to economic conditions, has been analyzed thoroughly and…
>I understand the nature of gang tags but I also understand that gang tags are the minority of graffiti art Because in some rail yard somewhere lurks some really decked out train cars, you want to prevent a neighborhood…
>Seeing as how NVIDIA doesn't actually manufacture semiconductors They don't fabricate, but they do design quite a lot of them, and are even moving into the ARM CPU arena.
>Painted symbols can easily outlast the people who painted them We aren't talking about that sort of painted symbol, though. I'm totally mystified as to why you refuse to acknowledge the nature of gang tags. They aren't…
>Seems a provision like that would make each dollar less effective. The same thing could be said of sanctions on Russian oil. Sometimes it has to be about more than pure economics, even as we try to craft rational…
I can't speak to the author's views, but it would to me. There's something very disconcerting about the ability of digital media to be "memory holed", and the Streisand effect is no longer a sure thing, in the age of…
How much do you know about street gangs? Yeah, they're dangerous! Turf markings are extremely dangerous. They aren't put there to be art, it's like calling a "caution: floor is wet" sign "art". I'm trying not to be…
>Anecdote is not a study And what I described is the outline of a study, not an anecdote. Small scale, limited sample size, and less well controlled than an academic study, but it's still data. Also, as another poster…
It's seriously privileged and classist to acknowledge that much graffiti is merely gang tags advertising territorial control over an area? It's "subjective" whether or not gang tags constitute art, rather than a danger…
The naivite of this belief is precious. Yes, some people use spraypaint to make stunning, socially relevant art. Banksy is, in some sense, a graffiti artist. But most graffiti has nothing to do with Banksy-esque social…
It isn't classist bullshit at all, it's human psychology observable and testable even on small scales. Try this experiment! Detail clean your car meticulously, and on separate occasions, ask friends to come with you to…