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// September 13th, 2008 // Creativity, Design
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*what’s the difference between a thoroughfare and a street? One is cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 full of stupid people that drive too fast. And fast food restaurants. The other has cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 no restaurants.
**can cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 you appreciate the irony that a graffiti removal company feels the cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 need to cover every inch of their van with graphics in order to cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 make an impact on a society besieged by commercial messages every second of every day?
**although some property owners certainly do have cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 a right to complain about poor graffiti and vandalism on their property.





Ottawa’s city council enforces its petty prejudices and simplistic tastes *on* the bourgeoisie, suburban or otherwise — if you’ve got graf on your cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 house or garage or whatever property you own and the city notices, then cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 you are on the hook to get rid of it at your cheap windows 7 professional retail 2010 own expense. Whether you like it or not.
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