Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Hate Graffiti That Wasn't?
Recently more information has come out about the graffiti that was painted on the door shared by Metro Mutts and BritishInk. It now appears that the culprit might have been a young man who was turned down for a job at the local tattoo parlor. Apparently the suspect showed up unannounced with portfolio in hand, and when his work received an unimpressive appraisal, he left in a rotten mood. Paul Roe, of BritishInk, thinks this guy is probably behind the nasty graffiti. Frankly, if the graffiti is any measure of his artistic ability, it's pretty clear why Roe wasn't buying. DCentric has more.
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The story doesn't indicate anywhere how Paul knows that this guy is the one who did it. Did he see the guy doing it? Did the guy get arrested, and fessed up? I assume he passed this info to the police as well.
But anyway, if Paul Roe is in fact correct, then I owe apologies to Robby for my rejection of his reluctance to assign a racist motive. In a similar situation, I'd likely still make that assessment again: you play the odds, and sometimes you're wrong. But if Paul Roe is right, then I was definitely wrong (and Robby was right) in this case.
Will British Ink be giving out free, poorly drawn, penis tattoos to commemorate? If not I would probably pay for mine.
How is it still not considered motivated by race considering whoever did it used the word "cracker and fag"? It shouldn't matter if it was done by some disgruntled applicant or some punk. Don't mean to stir a hornet's nest but the logic defies me.
At least this whole story has generated the best quote ever in a post about race and sexual orientation blog....
"I’m not a fag, I’m English."
Hornet, you have a valid point. The interview with the tattoo guy dances around the race and sexual orientation of the guy that didn't get the job applied for.
And economic reasons - like being turned down for a job - are often a factor in race and orientation attacks.
How is it still not considered motivated by race considering whoever did it used the word "cracker and fag"? It shouldn't matter if it was done by some disgruntled applicant or some punk. Don't mean to stir a hornet's nest but the logic defies me.
Can you not recognize that what this pleb tagged was offensive for the sake of being offensive rather than racism?
Oh brother. Here we go again
I still think hillman and robby were out drinking and decided to have some fun with some paint they found laying around.
tonyt
the pug
I'm with hornet on this. Who cares what motivated the person to write that. It was a racial, homophoic hate message. Period.
I mean if some wrote, "Go back to Africa, [n-word]" on a storefont, do we really need to get inside the mind of that person to find out what motivated him? What difference would it make.
tony t the only way I'd drink with Hillman would be if he were in a pool of ever clear and the drink was Hillman Flambé. I'd drink some after his skin burned completely off, then some later after he cooked more in the solution.
Paul is "my" artist, I have two by him and all future work will be by him - he's that good. The idea that someone thinks he's gay is pretty funny. He's happily married (to a woman) and has children. Still, sorry to see that somebody was a fucktard.
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