hunterx11's Journal: What the who now?

About a week ago, I was walking home when I noticed a graffito written in large white letters which read "STOP BUSH." I neither hate nor love Bush, but overall I found it somewhat amusing, particularly since I live in a rather conservative town (River Forest, IL if you were wondering; it's next to Oak Park, an incredibly liberal town). Anywho, several days later, somebody used black paint to write "VOTE" over the word "STOP." I wondered whether the person who did this was an indignant Bush supporter who also happened to condone graffiti, or perhaps someone rebellious enough to disagree with the original writer for disagreement's sake. Lo and behold, the very next day someone writes over the word "BUSH" in black letters. What did he write? Why, "KODOS!!" of course. "VOTE KODOS!!" I have no idea whether there were three culprits, or perhaps just two.

You might be wondering why I wrote this. Part of the reason is that I thought, "Hmm, I should take a picture," each time it changed, but never did. Another reason, however, is that it reminded me of /. in its own way. The people essentially turned the wall into a public but anonymous forum. Isn't the whole exchange really the same as "STOP^H^H^H^VOTE BUSH^H^H^H^HKODOS!!" in less nerdy terms?