Having trouble with graffiti

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It doesn't matter what it is though, if I owned a building and someone painted something on it without my permission I'd be pretty angry...even if it was the Mona Lisa.
 
superberkut
True, but in some places, such as Montreal, there is graffiti that is at least worthy of staying on a building for a day or two. It seems better to classify it as "criminal art".

Now, those scrawlings that you see on railroad boxcars? That's nothing but a huge load of [censored].

That's not to say that I still disagree with you, though.
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So if you buy a Ferrari and some punk spray paints "criminal art" on it, you wont be mad and you'll leave it there.

Buildings are expensive ya know
 
Diablo'
So if you buy a Ferrari and some punk spray paints "criminal art" on it, you wont be mad and you'll leave it there.

Buildings are expensive ya know
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Quite true, has the graffiti problem stopped yet?
 
Stevisiov90
Quite true, has the graffiti problem stopped yet?
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Can't really say. We've been too busy getting ready for the grand opening (which was yesterday, i'm going to make a thread about it later) to paint the back wall again.
 
What's truly bizarre is that you are of course free to remove graffiti from your wall. But if you take a photo of it and pass it along, it's a copyright violation!
 
Driving Park
I'm glad I don't live there anymore. :crazy: I like my life, thank you.

:-)
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Then stay off of private property that is not yours, and don't vandalize other people's buildings.

Easy as that.
 
Blake
Mine? Well I no longer have a car to vandalise. So yes. For the moment.
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It was directed at both of you, but yeh, I am guessing this was the car with the grafitti problem then.

 
Diablo'
So if you buy a Ferrari and some punk spray paints "criminal art" on it, you wont be mad and you'll leave it there.

Buildings are expensive ya know
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Actually, I've never thought of that. You've given me a lot to think about...

Anyways, I suppose you're right, as the majority of buildings that have, "criminal art" on it were in rougher neighbourhoods.

Regarding the Ferrari: Sure, I'd leave it on if it was incredibly good.
 
It's just another thing that adds on to the cost of maintaining a building like that. Especially considering that little kids feel it is cool to break stuff that isn't theirs inside of the building :grumpy:
 
Are they actually "tagging" the building, or just painting crap on the sides?
Actual tagging is considered gang activity in a lot of places and the tags are like a dog pissing on a hydrant or tree to mark his territory.
If it's just crude "art" much of the above should eventually do the trick.
If it is indeed gang ****, your problem is likely way bigger than you originally thought.
 
Gil
Are they actually "tagging" the building, or just painting crap on the sides?
Actual tagging is considered gang activity in a lot of places and the tags are like a dog pissing on a hydrant or tree to mark his territory.
If it's just crude "art" much of the above should eventually do the trick.
If it is indeed gang ****, your problem is likely way bigger than you originally thought.
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Ah, that's what it is!

In that case, I apologize for what I said about "criminal art". Thanks, Gil.
 
No probs,

Actual tags, contain informations in those few little strokes of paint.
Like what gang, their boundaries, and a warning for other gangs to stay our of their 'hood.
If it was that kind of stuff, you might be getting visited by gang members collecting "street tax".
Then if you shoot one, prepare for a major escalation in problems.
I haven't seen much tagging in KC, though a bit around Kansas University Hospital in the city...
I ALWAYS get nervous in 'hoods that have copius amount of tags. especially if there are lots of different ones...
 
I wanna park my car in compton,tape up the windows, and have people tag it while I watch with a sniper to shoot anyone who tags bad material. free paint job :D
 
Hey Diablo', sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread.
Real life kinda overwhelmed me for a while.

Anywho, the stuff I use is called

ZEP erase
Vandal Mark Remover

Product # 0311697B
by: Zep Manufacturing Company
Atlanta Georgia 30301

I have a contact # too, but it's for the Canadian distributor.
Google it up and if you can't find a supplier, let me know and I'll give you the phone # I have.

Good luck.
 
Diablo'
I thought of the paint ball idea too, but you never know if whoever is spray painting the wall has a real gun. Then again, a well placed pant ball shot to the temple would take care of the gun issue :trouble:

I'll have to look into that paint, thanks for the link, and thanks for all the suggestions :D

EDIT: If they start to do other things to the building after we paint over it and wont stop, i could very easily and legally put a bullet in this kids head. If i had a licensed gun, and i caught this kid in the act of damaging my property, Florida law states that if i feel threatened by him, or if i ask him to leave three times and he refuses, i am allowed to shoot him :D
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You kinda glossed over the "if I feel threatened by him" part. You have to be in fear of your life to shoot someone, except in your own home. A stranger inside your house is fair game. Elsewhere, if your life is in danger, you MUST flee if possible (you're driving and a kid on foot has a baseball bat - drive away, shooting him is murder), but defend yourself if flight is not possible.

You can also shoot a person threatening a 3rd party's life.

If your life (or somebody else's) is not in danger, there is no justication for shooting. You can't shoot a guy in the back who's running away with your wallet. If you can reach your gun while his knife is in your face, then by all means drop him.

Also, as far as I know, there's no magic "ask 3 times" rule.
 
wfooshee
You kinda glossed over the "if I feel threatened by him" part. You have to be in fear of your life to shoot someone, except in your own home. A stranger inside your house is fair game. Elsewhere, if your life is in danger, you MUST flee if possible (you're driving and a kid on foot has a baseball bat - drive away, shooting him is murder), but defend yourself if flight is not possible.

You can also shoot a person threatening a 3rd party's life.

If your life (or somebody else's) is not in danger, there is no justication for shooting. You can't shoot a guy in the back who's running away with your wallet. If you can reach your gun while his knife is in your face, then by all means drop him.

Also, as far as I know, there's no magic "ask 3 times" rule.
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I realize that.

I don't even know where i heard that three times rule, I just remembered somebody telling me that, lol.
 
About the laws, if I was inside a car and someone with a gun tried to car jack me, Could i kill him?
 
Diablo'
About the laws, if I was inside a car and someone with a gun tried to car jack me, Could i kill him?
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Legally, probably yes. Practically, you're probably more likely to get yourself killed and / or your gun stolen. The next hijack victim will then likely be shot by your gun.

It's difficult to get the drop on a competent car hijacker.
 
Diablo'
About the laws, if I was inside a car and someone with a gun tried to car jack me, Could i kill him?
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See, since his gun is already in your face, and yours is in the glove box or holstered under the seat (since it's illegal to drive around with a ready-to-fire weapon at hand), you'd have to be pretty damn fast to shoot him first.
 
I knew it would be very unlikely to have a gun in milliseconds reach, I was just wondering whether or not it would be legal.

I'd say the best bet in a situation like that would be to stomp on the gas and hope for the best.
 
Diablo'
I'd say the best bet in a situation like that would be to stomp on the gas and hope for the best.
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Or, you know, let him have the car and let the police and insurance take care of the rest…
 
Blake
Or, you know, let him have the car and let the police and insurance take care of the rest…
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For a new car, yes. But what if you had a fully restored 1966 barracuda with large drag slicks and a blown 426 hemi. Is the insurance and police going to give you all that back if that idiot completely totals it beyond recognition of what the car was in the first place.
 
or if your fast, slowly get out of the car and pepper spray him, or i would try to poke his eyes out with my fingers, though i think that violates the AUP to even say that.
 

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