[RP TownTalk] Graffiti

[Sue Collins]

Gerald King, I agree with you, graffiti is NOT art, it's vandalism, pure and 
simple.  We're each entitled to our own opinion but I wonder if those people who 
consider it art would like it if they woke up one morning and found their house 
and car spray-painted, esp. with vulgar words and pictures?  Most of the 
"children" who do this stuff are more than old enough to know right from wrong 
and I think one of the best punishments if they're caught would be to make them 
clean up the painted areas and do maintenance in the parks, etc.  Maybe if they 
were responsible for keeping an area nice, they'd see what it means when someone 
else vandalizes that property?  And yes, graffiti has been around 'forever,' but 
so have murder and a lot of other ugly things.  All that means is that there's 
been idiots and vandals throughout recorded history, not just in our day.