Comments on: Protesters vandalize two more Ballard billboards

By: Jamiewhite

Jamiewhite — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:21:00 +0000

Wow john f you’re an idiot

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By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:22:31 +0000

I can't believe the leftist jingoism in here. (How's that for an "ism?") Here's what I'm reading...

"If I have an opinion that's different from yours, I can vandalize your belongings and justify it."

Can't wait till someone comes along and vandalizes YOUR stuff because they have a different opinion than yours!

By: WG

WG — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:40:23 +0000

all the people going on about how it's vandalism, relax! so serious all the time, it's a bloomin' macdonalds billboard not a national monument.

By: miek

miek — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:33:35 +0000

The original billboard was vandalism. The altered billboard was art.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:58:04 +0000

In a perfect world….

By: HappyPill

HappyPill — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:02:56 +0000

Join law enforcement FremontSheila: it's the only way to be sure.

By: Farminton

Farminton — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:43:26 +0000

More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Liberati...

By: Farminton

Farminton — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:42:54 +0000

Read about the BLO (billboard liberation front). This form of culture jamming has been going on for a while. Good to see it here in ballard.

By: blite

blite — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:44:57 +0000

How about neither?

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:13:58 +0000

See Belching Out the Devil for the Soda Problem:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

STOP DRINKING SODA. It wastes valuable water resources.

By: jm

jm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:59:35 +0000

I am at work and will try to listen to the show. I don't think we should encourage graffiti and vandalism. It stings when your property is damaged and you have to clean it up. Will the cheering crowd applaud when a tagger falls off the billboard at night?

By: J.J.

J.J. — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:58:11 +0000

Big corporations can afford to post a message. They have tens of millions in advertising budgets.

I run a small sustainable fast-food restaurant (called The Funhole in Fremont) with no capital for advertising.

I will never ever be able to afford a billboard. Is this fair capitalism? Are the best ideas really rising to the top?

By: KUOWconvo

KUOWconvo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:53:04 +0000

We'll be talking about the Ballard billboard vandalism on today's episode of "The Conversation" on KUOW Public Radio. Tune in at noon. 94.9 FM.

What do you think of the vandalism? Call 206.543.5869 at 12:40 pm or email conversation@kuow.org.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:27:00 +0000

Didn't say it was. That was merely for a little perspective.
And that graffitied gas pump was in Old Oakland, hardly the ghetto.

By: jm

jm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:22:08 +0000

Ballard isn't an Oakland ghetto.

By: Name

Name — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:35:54 +0000

JJ, these people proclaim a want and willingness for a fair, open discussion – forgetting that 'Freedom of The Press' belongs to those who own the presses! They'll tolerate dissent done by the approved means, and rebellion and change must be channeled through the legal, accepted routes. Because the powerful always establish a functional means for the people at totem-bottom to topple their rulers.

Yes, this criminal vandal should have sought the funds and taken the time to try to get his/her own billboard! As if the billboard lessors – an advertising company – don't judge and hold power of approval over the messages they'll post; of course they wouldn't run an anti-consumption message, or an ad un-competitively bashing major renters.

Would people still think this to be such a 'crime' if the message was for Nazi Party recruitment? Why might that be a target worthy of criminal correction, defacing, or destruction?

By: jm

jm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:52:07 +0000

Well, we don't like it on our cars and garage doors. last year dozens of cars on my street were tagged with bright red spray paint. Not nice!

By: Pete S

Pete S — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:52:52 +0000

Earth raping corporations…..ahahahha. Capitalism is what created these blogs, sites and the ABILITY to protest. So please, STFU

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:16:15 +0000

Art is in the eye of the beholder.

I believe it is art.

It took trashy advertising and made it provocative.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Have you been to Maine or Vermont. No billboards, pristine setting.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:52:58 +0000

Are all crimes bad?

It is illegal to own more than 5 dildos in Texas. It is still illegal to have oral sex in Alabama, Arizona, Florida and Idaho.

It was illegal for black folks to vote until mid-last century.

Perhaps the government is not always right. And perhaps that needs to be discussed. I believe the edited billboards sparked this discussion, which is a good thing.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:41:35 +0000

Have you been to poor neighborhoods?

There are no healthy options, just convenient stores and fast food restaurants.

It is society's fault. Blaming on individuals is a way of saying you are better than other people and that our society is blameless.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:23:44 +0000

…because small local shops shouldn't have to provide health benefits for their employees. Everyone should have healthcare. Small local businesses always have this problem because of the way the system is set up.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:55:36 +0000

Are you a big fan of the status quo? Do you believe that McDonalds has our best interest in mind?

If the existence of McDonalds and the like helps to make large segments of our society poor, obese and unhealthy, don't you think it might be a decent objective to start a conversation about this? Even if it is “vandalism.”

By: Ronzig the Wizard

Ronzig the Wizard — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:16:04 +0000

Good for them. Hope to see a lot more of this type of activism

By: jm

jm — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:52:31 +0000

Not art, it's vandalism and nothing more.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:28:58 +0000

I'm laughing at the 2nd one. Snapped a photo of the first time it happened and put it up on my Flickr. I will have to head out to snap a shot of the new McD's one later today.

By: Christin

Christin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:08:22 +0000

Seems to me these billboards are pretty successful at what they're attempting to do: provoke and shock their viewers. Reminds me of another piece of art that caused a similar stir while calling into question the very nature of what art is. That would be Marcel Duchamp's urinal.

I believe the kind of vehement debate going on here is exactly what this artist wanted.

By: 1234

1234 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:31:06 +0000

Is it really this big of a deal? It was on Stumble, everyone chuckled and then stumbled somewhere else.

Let's all move on with our lives.