Why Do Taggers Tag?
- Recognition
- Low self-esteem
- Peer recognition
- For recognition; a distorted view of “fame”
- See it in the community and want to try it too
Hilariously, this list applies equally to graffiti.
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I am Duncan Stephen, based in Dundee but originally from Fife. I work as the Web Editor for the University of St Andrews. This is a personal blog.
My interests include motorsport and experimental / electronic music.
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jesse
16 February 2006 23:08
#1
it is a dog pissing on a tree. and really the dog is better, at least the rain washes away the smell, while the tagger (with his “street” name misspelled cleverly) lingers on. if you confront the dog about pissing on tree, it will look up at you as if to say “this is my territory, so this is my right”. confront the tagger and he will scamper away, because it is NOT his home, building or whatever it is that he is marring. it is not his territory. he has no right to do it. i have chased taggers down the street, it’s always been 2 or 3 of them and i am not a particularly imposing guy. they make tracks around the nearest corner and hide. don’t compare him to a blogger or graffiti artist ( of which i am neither) at least they might have something to say or offer.
sorry if i seem to be ranting. i despise taggers.
replies are welcome
doctorvee
17 February 2006 00:02
#2
Er, you might have missed the joke…
jesse
18 February 2006 19:44
#3
i’m sure i did. i just have no sense of humor about them and maybe i was venting in the wrong forum.
dave
18 February 2006 20:53
#4
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/writingpostfeminism/graphomaniac
i think this is an interesting article about the compulsion to blog
andrew
26 February 2006 20:53
#5
taggers fucken Rock
syno1 kfs mob
12 February 2007 00:52
#6
yea its yoman syno1 reppin kfs if you a down tagger rep yo set!
doctorvee
12 February 2007 01:08
#7
I think I’m now officially old.