Comments on: Is Tagging on Plants Chill?

By: niki

niki — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:17:58 +0000

ferngully taught us years ago that this is not ok.

(thought it is a neat pic)

By: Wilson Chin

Wilson Chin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:27:15 +0000

There are so many worse crimes going on to get bent about – why does graffiti get people so irate? If you continue to react like this, how can you expect them to stop?

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:40:46 +0000

Speak f’y'self, y’vegetable!

By: ooeygooey

ooeygooey — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:02:50 +0000

“I actually do graffiti stickers and try and stay away from using lettering… i dunno… I guess in part to be different than the run of the mill tagger”.

Um, no. You are the run-of-the-mill tagger. More stickers than paint these days, rebel.

By: Maharba

Maharba — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:55:35 +0000

Plants are people too

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:32:53 +0000

I think this is a good argument for bringing back public flogging.

“So, you like tagging living things, you little bitch?! How about the State tags your back with a cat-o-nine-tails?”

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:02:35 +0000

They spark lively debate about the nature of “property.”

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:45 +0000

The building serves a purpose. It’s a place where people can work to accomplish things and better their lives and those of others. What do your stickers do?

By: olu

olu — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:35:40 +0000

It’s baby steps away from tagging a human being (usually homeless, which regrettably, I’ve also seen).
The picture is still nice though.

You’re like a photojournalist, you don’t have condone the image to capture it.

By: cami

cami — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:48:05 +0000

this sucks. just like the people who destroyed the roses in the rose garden, tore up the greens in the golf course and keep cutting the newly planted trees down in the park, they are destroying someone’s work and taking away from our enjoyment of our public spaces. just plain wrong. and i’m not talking about hipsters, it is about taking pride in our surroundings and appreciating the beautiful place we live, and being able to share that with each other and the visitors who come here from all over the world. what sort of comment is this tagger making? i can much more understand the concept of tagging on human blight, but nature? really? just lame.

By: Anna Conti

Anna Conti — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:14:35 +0000

Yes, grey, but not OK.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:34:02 +0000

^^^
Most authentic comment EVER
want to have a drink sometime?

By: OGcracker

OGcracker — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:22:57 +0000

So… Yeah, after reading through all of the angry comments yours was nice and had the unmistakable ring of truth. I actually do graffiti stickers and try and stay away from using lettering… i dunno… I guess in part to be different than the run of the mill tagger. Much as I dislike the average tag (sloppy), the truth is that each mark means something to the person marking and to the world and who are we to say what should and should not be up in the world. I don’t like the tall assed building that they built right up next to the old bay bridge recently. Is that somehow more valuable because of our capitalist orientation. Who says? Oh, and don’t get the well meaning hipsters started on the poor agave plant. You ever ripped one of those out with a shovel and a machete. they are tough……

By: Spiro

Spiro — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:41:48 +0000

Tagging is the purest form of expression. Ruthlessness is the core of humanity. The sun will die and your comments will be erased. The plant will be fine until it dies, but maybe we should paint it gray before we feel like we’ve lost control of our kingdom.

By: emily t.

emily t. — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:57:22 +0000

how would you like it if i wrote all over your face in pink sharpie? yeah, didn’t think so.