[sybavandal]

Sorry to interupt the amusing shit talk but i just found this and apparently we all have a personality disorder. Maybe that explains the state of melburn graffiti

Graffiti linked to personality disorder
Judy Skatssoon
ABC Science Online
Wednesday, 13 September 2006



Could graffiti be a sign of something more serious than teen rebellion? (Image: iStockphoto)
Teens who get involved in graffiti 'tagging' may be showing early symptoms of a personality disorder, an Australian psychiatrist says.

Professor Graham Martin, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Queensland and colleagues, studied more than 2600 people aged 13.

He says the study, presented at an international child and adolescent mental health conference in Melbourne this week, found that teens who graffiti "are significantly different to those who do not graffiti".

"They satisfy the ... criteria for conduct disorder and or delinquency and later down the track a number of these young people go on to antisocial behaviour personality disorder," he says.

"These young people ... were very antisocial on a range of other factors. They weren't just mildly conduct disordered, they were scoring to the extreme range of antisocial behaviour."

Martin says the findings of the study show that conventional methods of handling young graffiti offenders, such as dealing with them under the legal system, are doomed to failure.

But he says the good news is that with intensive individual, family and community therapy it's possible to put people back on track.

"Graffiti may be one gateway into working with young people to assist them to find a new direction," he says.

"It may be extending their creative skills or just sitting down with them and saying, listen you've had a bit of a shit life haven't you?"

Subtexts of graffiti

Martin says tagging conveys a number of messages, from saying "hello, I'm here" to being a territorial marker and an expression of rage against authority.

He says the study found adolescent graffitists had done around six to eight other acts, such as setting fires, beating people up and stealing.

They also had higher rates of drug use, academic failure, physical and sexual abuse, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

Of the teenagers studied, about 12% of boys and almost 11% of girls had done some graffiti.

It may even be possible to pick a future graffitist, Martin says, underlining the importance of early intervention.

"You can pick many of these young people somewhere around the age of three," he says.

"The average kindergarten teacher will tell you, I don't like that child, I can't work with them, they spit at me, they spit at the other kids, they hit people, they won't learn.

"You can certainly predict which ones will go on to antisocial behaviour, and within that graffiti is going to be one of the things that stands out."

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/s...822.htm?health

[MM.. Food?]

I agree with you, people who can't even put a damn sentence together are fucking stupid. and blitza why dont you put your ego back down to size because its fucking huge. Who do you think you are? all you do is fucking reqeust flicks. shut the fuck up and post your own, if you don't want to do that, be patient for people to post. and abra its funny how you already know how this guys like, and you dont even know him(correct me if im wrong), But this dudes a fucking dropout who smokes bongs with his mates, thinking he's top shit. faggot.

**edit; replying to abras posts.

[Lt.Bernum]

i'd like to say a Big sorry to anyone suffering from Dyslexia that might be reading this thread...and also to anyone that has found it hard/er to find/keep their job after industrial relations reforms were implemented....not everyone has it "lucky".... don't worry i know

[Abracadabra]

being a writer is a disorder now? phew, here i was thinking i just liked the way my name looked on stuff that didn't belong to me.

[blitza321]

i request fliks to stop the shit talk. i post a fuckload of pics u gay cunt, more then you ever have. you dont know me from a bar of soap and you can say what you want but to correct you, because you are wrong i am in school and i dont smoke bongs and i dont know wher you are geting your facts but sorry mate they are wrong. have a nice day

[KIngDonkeyJr]

Originally Posted by metrapolitanmayhem (View Original Post)

its funny how all the 15 year olds who are two stupid to do anything better with themselves all have to pick on one of melbournes best, when hes just trying to give an insight on how ridiculous you sound " DatZ is FUkEd mAnZ" or "Deal Wif Me Or Ban ME" man get a grip, abra makes a good point, smoking bongs stabbing people and doing shitty wildstyle tags no one can read arnt going to get you anywhere in life, well money wise

Im cracking up man this is some farkin funny shit, keep it up.

[blitza321]

and to what metropolitanmayhem said, i wasn't picking on one of "melbournes best" because of what he was sayn about anyone. just was speaking to him about how he was sayn how shit the thread is and how it pisses him off. i was simply saying if he didnt like it then why come back to it time and time again

[blue suade]

Originally Posted by Abracadabra (View Original Post)

how so? i don't agree with his war, or alot of his policies. i don't like the fact that he's trying to sell off telstra, or kill of public healthcare. that doesn't change the fact that getting a job is easy as fuck

For someone who spends so bloody long up on their interllectual high horse, you have without question said the dumbest thing ever said on this forum. your posts are embarrasing. your the moderator of a melbourne graff forum yet you hate melbourne, dont live here and have insulted nearly everyone that uses the site. you were not around when stupid things where being said and done after taking the responsibility of starting your own forum. i know this is going to piss alot of people off but if you hate it that much, the best thing you can do is shut this forum down and fuck off.
as for you not being original, a good place to start is your tag.

[aPirate]

[MM.. Food?]

i know you more then you think. and you're a fucking dropout rich boy who thinks hes cool. fucking ''muzza''. you're in school? look at the time buddy.

[Abracadabra]

Originally Posted by blue suade (View Original Post)

For someone who spends so bloody long up on their interllectual high horse, you have without question said the dumbest thing ever said on this forum. your posts are embarrasing. your the moderator of a melbourne graff forum yet you hate melbourne, dont live here and have insulted nearly everyone that uses the site. you were not around when stupid things where being said and done after taking the responsibility of starting your own forum. i know this is going to piss alot of people off but if you hate it that much, the best thing you can do is shut this forum down and fuck off.
as for you not being original, a good place to start is your tag.

*yawn*


yeah, you're probably right. i don't like this thread. i don't like 80% of the people that frequent it. and i will take your advice.

closed

[ipfreely]

anyone got something new......

[Defibrillator]

Originally Posted by Abracadabra (View Original Post)

there is no excuse for laziness. jobs and money are there for the taking. i came back to australia for a short period earlier this year and had 4 - count em - 4 job offers within 2 weeks of getting back. keep in mind i have no university or tafe qualificatons, and every single one of those jobs started at over $40k p.a.

most people find it easier to hand in a dole form every fortnight. people work harder at staying on the dole than just getting a fucking job. it is not unfair of me to expect the same of others as i expect from myself. australia is the easiest country in the world to live in. if you don't have anything, it's your own damn fault

Perhaps I’m being presumptuous but I would imagine that those same offers pertained to work of a creative or artistic nature. It’s your good luck that you have been afforded such talent; education is thus rendered redundant. This is not a level playing field.

Some people are inherently lazy, yes, but to sit there and tell me that it’s easier to live off the dole (approx 9grand a year) and even easier to get a decent job these days is a complete fallacy.

I don’t agree with many of the other comments that have recently been posted here about you, but one thing is for sure, you seem quick to deride others and forget that some people do it harder than you could ever imagine.