Disclaimer: Rampant stereotyping to follow! Sure, I guess a 60-year-old woman could, in theory, become a graffiti artist, but the Law of Averages isn't down with that.
The Garner, NC, fuzz aren't stupid. The male 18-35 demographic loves two things: video games and vandalism. When you set one against the other, everybody wins.
Apparently, the GPD has a problem. Someone has been JetSetting around the town and tagging the word Ghost on government buildings, street signs, and a school. And the residents aren't happy. Something about community dignity. Whatever ... must be old people. I'll admit that I kind of like graffiti. It's insanely hard to do, and, if done well, can really inspire art worthy of any Zeitgeist. But you know what else I like? A chance to get $1,500 or a new console of my choice by snitching on some chump.
The graffiti has become such an issue (every few days, a new tag appears) that the Board of Aldermen has proposed a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest which will be matched by $500 from the Garner 5-0. Or they'll throw in a PS3, Xbox 360, or a Wii.
That's some pretty nifty psychological trickery they've got going on. Assuming that both the graffiti artist and the group of people that would know who he is are all young males, which do you choose? Sticking it to the Man? Or using said Man to score some loot?
WWHZSD? What would the Holy Zombie Savior do?
[Via play-nintendo, thanks to Smitty3000 for the tip!]
Contest:
2:31 PM on 04.09.2007 | 
He goes to a federal pound me in the ass prison...vandalism of public property is actually has pretty harsh punishments...
nobody's taking that money I promise. the winner/loser will get a lost worse than a federal ass-pounding I bet
im really sure the dude responsible would be so stoked to get a wii he wouldnt kick the living shit out of the kid who ratted him out. because like, a wii is so worth the 1000 hours of community service, being put on a gang list, mandatory jail time depending on the citys hate for graff as well as the thousands in fines hell be paying while on formal probation for three years.imo anyone who goes for this offer should be raped everyday for life.
RON WORKMAN!
When you really know your shit you ask permits and do some brutal awesome complete wall crazy shit that ends looking amazing. If you are just tagging you are just an attention whore and nobody likes attention whores. All he gets is to get recognized for being a bad ass vandal for himself and his friends and maybe get a handjob from an equally stupid artsy girl.
I would tell the shit up that kid for free, and for $500 and a new console I would get him myself , tie him up, put him in my trunk and drive him the police department.
A person who tags the word Ghost everywhere deserves to be raped. Now, if it was actual art and not just a word that'd be a different story. But such is not the case.
Seriously. Other than the lighting effect, there's only one paintbrush-ish looking thing that's ontop of the tag. It doesn't even blend in with the wall's own discoloration or stretch into the actual wall past the tag's width.
It is nice, but no way am I buying that as real...
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thats besides the point, a snitch is a snitch. also how do we know the guy isnt doing some sick shit outside of the few tags the city can actually read? hell he could be on DAIM's level(zero's post)
or viral campaigning lol
"Starcraft: Ghost is about to come out, glad this finally made a video game blog or we'd be out another job"
-signed, the fired "all i want is a psp" sony marketing team
And what I think Bahamut Zero is implying is that he's the one who did it.
In my opinion the law is too lenient for juvenile offenders - I have friends who get caught over and over for auto theft etc and get away with nothing more then warnings. Ridiculous.
Even if someone does dog on their mate for the reward, all the offender has to do is deny it and what is the law gona do??