tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post4885780047079062080..comments2024-01-09T13:36:58.648-03:00Comments on Corrugated City: Graffiti in ValparaisoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-76916695573060095812008-07-14T17:32:00.000-04:002008-07-14T17:32:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks...learn something new every day :)Hey, thanks...learn something new every day :)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-12957732148570916502008-07-14T17:22:00.000-04:002008-07-14T17:22:00.000-04:00The first picture says "Piteate un Rector" . "Pite...The first picture says "Piteate un Rector" . "Piteate" is slang word meaning "to kill someone" . Rector in Chile is the President of a University. So, the phrase roughly says "Kill the President" (not the President of the Republic, of course)<BR/><BR/>B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-49482421097206463672008-07-08T14:10:00.000-04:002008-07-08T14:10:00.000-04:00Yeah, not really genocide. Not very nice but not g...Yeah, not really genocide. Not very <I>nice</I> but not genocide...<BR/><BR/>I'm stumped. Perhaps that was the idea? A trick to make people think and investigate genocide? Am I giving too much credit to the stenciller? <A HREF="http://corrugatedcity.blogspot.com/2007/06/graffiti-revisited.html" REL="nofollow">It wouldn't be the first time I've been fooled by pesky stencil artists.</A>Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-14172745223114893402008-07-08T01:38:00.000-04:002008-07-08T01:38:00.000-04:00...although, technically, that massacre does not c......although, technically, that massacre does not constitute genocide...<BR/><BR/>PatricioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-15724031204459295792008-07-08T01:26:00.000-04:002008-07-08T01:26:00.000-04:00La matanza de Santa Maria de Iquique perhaps....Th...La matanza de Santa Maria de Iquique perhaps....That took place in December 1907...<BR/><BR/>PatricioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-26278379575806931782008-07-07T18:23:00.000-04:002008-07-07T18:23:00.000-04:00Hey...that's not fair.Ok. It is.Hey...that's not fair.<BR/><BR/>Ok. It is.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-38164412388019509842008-07-07T18:10:00.000-04:002008-07-07T18:10:00.000-04:00I like the one with the baby screaming and making ...I like the one with the baby screaming and making fists. <BR/><BR/>Strangely, it reminds me of you too...Allison Azerskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334188112997727818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-19671178454325159182008-07-07T15:57:00.000-04:002008-07-07T15:57:00.000-04:00The Armenian genocide was my first thought but the...The Armenian genocide was my first thought but the dates don't match up. <BR/><BR/>All this came from a building on Yungay (about half a block down from Puro Cafe in Plaza Victoria).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-83883554681202646432008-07-07T15:33:00.000-04:002008-07-07T15:33:00.000-04:00Genocide: Germans massacred the Herero and Nama p...Genocide: Germans massacred the Herero and Nama people in Namibia between 1904 and 1908, but it seems a bit far-fetched that Valpo stencilists would be worrying about that one.....<BR/><BR/>The Armenian genocide was in 1915, maybe they can't count?<BR/><BR/>No, I'm guessing it's metaphor, and I'm interested to know about what. So let me know if you find out.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Where was that grafitti, PS?Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686290245032119661noreply@blogger.com