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Two weeks ago, somebody thought it would be a great idea to do this across the street.  I dunno, I think it says "Hobbesy."  Yeah, that's kind of like Banksy, except Banksy uses images as a critique of society and this guy doesn't know where the mouth goes.  In the last few days, I've seen other tags by this guy.  It harkens back to the days of Zeb, the douchebag who tagged everything.  A word of advice: no one cares about you spray-painting your name on anything.  Nobody.  I think we've gone beyond pissing on things to claim them as territory.  It's just a juvenile statement that is unimportant to everyone.  Zeb the douchebag was eventually caught - twice.  The community rejoiced.  He really wasn't any good.  Plus, he was a douchebag.  When they busted him in Portland, this is how he looked:

Yeah, so much for subverting the dominant paradigm.  Who knows, maybe this guy Hobbesy or Hobbes or whatever is a true rebel - just like the ones they show on commercials for cell phones and luxury cars.  Me, I long for the days of Eye Guy or Scary Skull Guy.  All we've got is taggers these days.  It's like having all drum machines and no real drums.