Spotted along Second Avenue...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
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No vandalism, more like it. Presumably a reference to Bloomberg's stand against graffiti "artist" vandalism. I'm with him on this.
ReplyDeleteIf someone wants to paint a wall, then get the wall owner's permission. Same goes for plastering walls with posters like this one.
- East Villager
We'll just have to agree to disagree...
ReplyDeleteBloomberg hates graffiti inspired art events too. In 2005 he's quoted as saying "This is not really art or expression." Mayor Seeks To Take the 'Hip' Out of Hip-Hop Graffiti Art
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised he hasn't replaced the Houston Bowery Wall with another public plaza. PS Bloomie, sitting is the new smoking!
Graffiti helps keep real estate developers from moving in and taking over neighborhoods. Rich people don't want to live in places where there is a lot of graffiti and real estate developers and investors see it as something that keeps property values down. In a way graffiti artists are defending their hoods against gentrification. Power to the taggers !
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with rich people.
ReplyDeleteI fall into the low-income class, but I don't want graffiti in my neighborhood.
People who vandalize other peoples property should be arrested and be forced to pay to repair the damage. Without saying - anyone wanting graffiti lives in a rent stablized aprtment. JP - I supposed robbing your apartment or stealing your bike would be a good thing because it would keep the yuppies away ?
ReplyDeleteHe declared war on artists showing/selling in parks and other public spaces, too. He thinks art belongs in museums and galleries, period. It'll be a good day when he's finally gone.
ReplyDeleteHopefully he'll devote the rest of his years to his gun campaign and leave NYers alone.
@K: It won't be just a good day when he's gone. It'll be a whole new year!
ReplyDeleteWhy can't he just go back to bermuda and hang out with the boys?
ReplyDeleteA little FYI is that DeBlasio wants the soda ban to pass and said he will try to enact similar legislation should he become mayor. So it's not like we're going to get a much better mayor.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as a soda ban. It's a limit on the size that can be sold in cups, and it's one of the good things that Bloomberg attempted. I'm glad to hear DeBlasio supports it.
ReplyDeleteshmnyc, I know what it is (i.e., size limit). I was just being curt.
ReplyDeleteSupporting that measure is unAmerican. And patronizing.
In effect the measure says, "You don't know how to eat or drink properly so I'm going to tell you how to drink properly".
As if they were our father! This bs nanny state has got to stop. Let people consume as they wish and for stores to sell their legal wares as they have been.
Those who cry about having their tax money going toward diabetics'/obese peoples' healthcare make no case. They will be taxed the same no matter what with no say where their tax money is going. They're being taxed the same no matter what.
I say EDUCATE, don't LEGISLATE. And if educating folks on how to drink healthier makes no difference, so be it!
Anonymous 10:04,
ReplyDeleteThrough the sale and promotion of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink, transnational corporations are major drivers of global epidemics of non-communicable diseases. Despite the common reliance on industry self-regulation and public/private partnerships, there is no evidence of their effectiveness or safety. Public regulation and market intervention are the only evidence-based mechanisms to prevent harm caused by the unhealthy commodity industries.
9:18 AM
ReplyDeleteIf soda size restrictions at the movies is the tippy-top one and only issue you care about, then yes, you're not likely to get a much better father, I mean mayor.
Don't be silly, Ken. The soda size restriction is certainly not at the tippy-top of my issues list for the city.
ReplyDeleteIf health care is socialized, then legislating healthier lifestyles is completely legitimate. It's either a nanny state or it isn't.
ReplyDeleteDe Blasio is choosing his battles wisely here. To reject the "ban" right now would bring the type of publicity he doesnt need. Better to go with the flow.
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget the "soda ban"'s other very important function, filling space on the news and in public discourse with a relatively minor controversy, so we don't have to confront the incumbent's wholesale theft of taxpayer dollars for, well, you name it...