word. And no, we absolutely should not acquiesce to the commodification of public space - that's what 'spatial resistance' is all about (whether the result is any net social gain is a different debate). I'm all for formal channels of challenging this issue as well - see this interesting post from LA Weekly for example - although 'city/citizen v. corporation' is war with many battles not regularly lost by the latter.

And re: China, clearly 'resistance' does not always equal something positive. sometimes its very sad and bloody and sometimes the violence of resistance is no better or worse than what it is trying to resist. And I suppose some would argue that graffiti does more violence to someone's personal property than a digital billboard does to our collective eyes and minds. But I'm not sure I buy that one is less violent or more ok just because it has been paid for.