Notes From The Vandals Themselves
Carroll Berg <cberg@meca.edu>
to Info@nograffiti.com
date Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:10 AM
subject problems with your site


Hello,
Please take the time to read this, i wrote this paper that will help aide
your cause as well as mine. I am a graffiti artist.
I have a couple of things to say in regards to your website and your
cause.
Andy Warhol said, "Art is anything you can get away with". That is what we
do.
Also, we work in the shadows living and working in a symbiotic lifestyle.
We make on the streets, you destroy on the streets. With out us the Droogs
of Street Artists, you would cease to exist.
Also It is not Vandalism. Vandalism is a planned and specific act of
targeting. Most graffiti is not planned or targeted. it is just wanton
destruction.
i await your response.
thank you for your time
Carroll
 

 

 

 

vandal Kid <vandalkid88@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Subject: FUCK YOU
To: Info@nograffiti.com

 

RUN RUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN YOU CANT CATCH ME IM VANDAL MAN!!!!!!!! you fuckin guys and your website are pathetic  just give up bitches graffs been around longer than your moms bitches K05TIC UNO! SUCK A DICK YOU SUCK BALLS GIVVE UP!!!! ILL BOMB YOUR HOUSE BITCH!!!!!

 

 

rich bomb <antiblankwalls@gmail.com>
to info@nograffiti.com
date Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:17 PM

im NOTa graff writter but most of the shit u r saying makes u sound
like ur huffing glue most of history is graffiti , mt. rushmore .
maybe native americans had a problem with white ppl carvesome dudes
face on there mt. nelson mandela was freed because of political
graffiti .ur jus afraid of things u cant control or it doesn't fit
in ur vision of a perfect world .if half of the ppl doing graffiti
weren't doing it, they would be doing drugs or dead and dont say its
not the same cuz it is and its been here since cave man egyptians and
even JESUS yes jesus did it too so ur not gunna make it go away. ps
get a fukin full time job and get off ur high horse

 

 

jason tyeryar <jasontire89@gmail.com>
to info@nograffiti.com
date Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
subject thank you

to who it may concern.
i came across your site today and well let me say thank you. i used to write graffiti but stopped after i got arrested for unrelated charges and was put on probation. at the time i had my school, a very prestegious private school, my parents, and my friends all telling me it wasnt worth it. i started to believe them and eventually stopped graffiti all together. its only been a few months and after reading your site it has sparked something inside me that makes me want to go out tonight and bomb. ive relized that unless you have commited the crime itself you have know clue what it entails. its an addiction at its finest and it is the only truly freely expressed form of art. you, my family, my old school, and my friends have all been conformed into something your not and i almost was too, but your site was a wake up call, so while you sleep through the night ill be out and by the time you get up tomarrow morning to work your 9 to 5 in a fucking cubicle there will be one more piece of art to add to the biggest gallery in the world. blood money billionaires

 

rhys boxal <mave36@hotmail.com>
to info@nograffiti.com
date Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:19 PM
subject: you suck

how about getting rid of all the advertising shoved in our faces brainwashing us? or is that giving the money to the right people... you selfish sell-out bastards.
 

 

okay.. i agree with SOME of what you guys are trying to say... yeah, it would piss me off if somone painted my ride, too, but i don't think a tagger would go after a car.. that just sounds like random violence... what if the parents had some haters?? people do that kind of thing to each other.. don't forget that we're all human too, and it only takes a few things for someone to lose their cool and kick someone's ass or do something really stupid.. like spray paint some car windows.... i think you guys would make it more believable if you had some pictures...instead of saying "some guy and some lady who work and live here and do blah blah blah." and by the way, i am not a graffiti tagger or whatever the hell you guys want to call it. it's cool that u guys are trying to 'clean' up the town. i'm fine with that...really.. but take into consideration that this lifestyle, like all lifestyles, is a way of life. probobly not for some, but for most. what really interested me the most was when i read the FAQ section... stating that a man who was addicted to cocain stopped when he started tagging... and that's wrong?? well maybe he didn't pick the best of things to do.. but damn, he more than likely cleaned himself up... i know i'd rather spray paint a damn wall than sniff that crap. so, what lifestyle are you guys gonna go after next?? the guys who have lowriders?? that's a lifestyle... the kids who like to sing?? the kids who like to sketch art?? the folks who can dance? it's what they do, it's their lifestyle... i'm sure this may have stopped some folks from tagging, but rest assured... it's not going to stop. i guarantee it. it's a part of society and it will always be. i'd really like to be put into the 'letters from the vandals' section... i just got through painting my wall....                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Man, graffiti will never die! get it through ur heads! we re her eto stay, and u cant do any thin to stop us... we multiply like rabbits and continue doing what we like... we mite be vandals, but  u lot are a bunch of sad, pathetic whiners with nothin better to do than complain about silly graff. theres more important crimes in the world with which u should concern urselfs with! get a fuckin life!

 

I just recently found out about nograf.com and I said to myself, "These guys are a bunch of closeminded unintelegent losers,they put all this effort into talking trash on people that have something unique, and live a lifestyle that is misunderstood by society." Because there aren't legal spray walls everywhere, yes people still vandalize, but while we're out doing these acts of artistic creativity, the people that take pride in this site are probably jerking off to some video with a five year old bent over screaming help and no. You see I write graf at night, and you go and cheat on your wives, gamble, do drugs, and feed the corporate monkey. So I guess no one wins here... you hate us ,and we don't even hate you because we accept the fact that while you embessle money from the company you work for and call yourself an American... think, one day this will be so in my face I wish I never said a word about those damn graf writers and maybe I'll be in your face, you pussy ass artistic hating motherfucker I DONT PAINT PEOPLES CARS, HOUSES, PRIVATE PROPERTY, ETC. 95% of graf writers feel the same way, but we all agree on one thing . IF YOU TOLD ME WHERE YOU LIVED, I WOULD PAINT YOUR FUCKING HOUSE, SPIT IN YOUR FACE AND LAUGH ABOUT IT.

 
i don't like your site
Ever heard of cave paintings?

 Sure. painting on someones house or writing your name on a wall is not a good thing, but your saying you'd rather live in a metropolis grey  walled city housing nothing but narrow minded robotic people.

 How can you be so anti-grafitti as to create an organization against  it?! It's ridiculous!!
Your website is very badly designed.  I would love to hear back because it amazes me that people can be so obbsessed with control.  Ben. An artist and human.