{"id":12065,"date":"2007-11-27T10:42:53","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T17:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/11\/27\/common-causs.html"},"modified":"2007-11-27T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T17:42:53","slug":"common_causs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/common_causs.html","title":{"rendered":"Common CAUSS?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulling off the highway Sunday, I saw a sign for CAUSS<\/a> — Citizens Against Ugly Street Spam. <\/p>\n

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The purpose of CAUSS is to eliminate unsightly and illegal street signs. These signs are also known as street spam, bandit and snipe signs, vertical litter, illegal signs and utility pole advertising. Examples include got junk?, single?, single in (your city), (your city) singles, looking for love, I buy houses, we buy Houses, I buy homes, rent to own, lease purchase, avoid foreclosure, sell your house in 9 days, sell your home in 7 Days, CEO income, cash for your home, real estate apprentice wanted, work at home, work from home, I lost 40 pounds, have a pc,<\/em> and quality affordable health insurance<\/em>. CAUSS emphasizes working with Code Enforcement in dealing with the blight of ugly, illegal signs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An interesting idea — though aside from the Code Enforcement, there’s also a more “direct action” element, as the CAUSS sign was tacked to another sign at the intersection — one very much like the ones above — from which the phone number had been clearly chopped off.<\/p>\n

Hmmmm. <\/p>\n

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Most sign sharks prefer to remove the entire sign. Some sharks have found that if you remove a sign another spammer will come along and assume that spot as simply “unclaimed”. These sharks disable the sign (by slashing or painting) but leave part of the sign and thereby send a message to all spammers that their signs will be disabled too. Both complete removal and disabling of signs discourage the placement of new signs and this is the common long-term goal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I guess … and certainly it’s a laudable cause.  Still, defacing a public sign, even an illegal \/ reprehensible one, seems … worrisome.  I mean, it’s got that knee-jerk “Yeah, you go, guys!” kind of appeal to it, but it sets a (yes) social precedent that folks whose righteousness (and legality) might be a bit sketchier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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