Reply #16: Actually, in Portland, most taggers were not poor deprived ghetto kids [View All]

but self-centered affluent brats. One of the most notorious taggers caught a few years ago turned out to be a young woman who attended Reed College.

Another, whom I personally saw being arrested as he tried to tag a bus shelter, was a preppy-looking kid from Beaverton (an affluent suburb).

I hate the tag type of grafitti (as opposed to real murals). It's uglifying and egocentric, and shows a lack of respect for the property owner (who probably is NOT some rich guy, but a working class type or elderly person) and the neighborhood.

If I were czarina, taggers would be punished by having their victims come into their private bedrooms and spray painting their walls and furniture with their own tags. How would the arrogant punks like that?

Not much, I wager.