Who said "scab"? That joke is getting really old.

Scab.

Spraypaint boy needs to have his hands cut off.

This was actually a huge problem in my home town. Mind you it was teenagers instead of adults.

Hopefully the dude has insurane because those flecks of paint in his eyes can do serious long term damage.

Pre-dawn hours?

I live right around there and LR is a shitty tag that is sprayed everywhere around this area.

And this definitely sounds like Chop Suey. You don't mess with the guys at Madison Pub.

LR = Libertarian Retard?

@8, I once passed out on a guy from the Madison Pub and I woke with shaved legs.

He had paint on his face and couldn't see. Horrors!

Horrors? Are you being sarcastic? Or merely unsympathetic.
Have you ever had spray paint in the eyes?
May you never have to experience that sort of pain. (Again?)

Any lawyers out there know if you are intoxicated and testify against yourself isn't that testimony somewhat discredited? I mean, if you can't understand your Miranda rights then it is similar to them being given to you in another language...

I'm often tasked with removing and painting over tags in that neighborhood. I also used to tag, when I was a young teen. Somehow, I still have respect for some taggers, even though I'm happy getting paid to clean it up.

The respect is pretty limited; most tags are ugly, and some are wrong. Please don't tag the architectural moldings on 100+ year old buildings. Don't tag brick or scratch glass. Don't spraypaint in a bathroom. That's just tacky. I long to catch someone in the act such as our villain in this story.

Good post, Luby.

the point of the story isn't the shitty tags, how tired is the shitty seattle tag argument? ... dude owned up to his tags and no one cares. "victim" basically got maced by someone who was angered and defending himself and others who had to deal with inane bullshit at an otherwise solid night. not the best decision, but that's aggression for you. in all directions, we reap what we sow. if "victim" had violently shoved and/or attempted to dry hump me on the dancefloor i would have kicked the shit out of his balls. at least "suspect" was aware of and admitted to the other stupid shit he did, while victim can't even remember he was there to begin with. stupidity has a cost.

Spray paint to the face? Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

@18
Spray paint is not a suitable substitute for pepper spray. Jesus Christ, man. Besides, you don't just spray someone down (with anything that blinds people) because you're mad at them for being a drunk asshole.

It sounds like you're a staunch advocate of sidewalk-outside-the-bar drunken vigilantism, which is not good. And also of the overuse of punctuation, which I also don't like.

Oh, and forgive me for not uncovering to read @11. I'm guessing that was you. Just register already.

@ People saying it was Chop Suey -- I called there. The guy who answered the phone said he knew nothing about the incident. The phone at Madison Pub was busy and could have been off the hook.

@11 -- It definitely sounded like he was at fault, which I tried to convey in the post.

@treacle -- Neither sarcastic nor unsympathetic. The idea of spray paint in the eyes horrifies me.

@razorclammer -- Enjoyed the advice on places you definitely shouldn't tag. 100+ year old moldings? Yeah, don't do that, guys.

Well that leaves the Madison or maybe the Pony

@1: I got it. To be fair, the second guy usually is more flagrant about it. Like when Roethlisberger talked trash to an opposing DL and got smacked in the gob.