On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:23:23 +0000, Ishmael Sayle III wrote:

Now thats Art, graffiti could be art but only in the right environment, if
we were in a communist state and our only form of expression against the
state was writing on a wall, then that is a valid expression of our feeling
as all other avenues are closed off, but we live in a country were in
general free speech is allowed, so the writing of political expression isn't
needed, the writing of TOX 01, 02, 03 ,04 is just criminal damage, these
scumbags ruin our environment, make people feel threatened especally
travelling at night, and need to be caught & punished.

I see a difference between tagging (which just makes things look untidy)
and some rather more impressive designs which do make boring concrete
bridges etc. look more interesting. I don't have too much of a problem
with the latter - as long as it's only sprayed onto otherwise unused,
boring surfaces like concrete bridges. The former, or anything sprayed
where it will get in the way e.g. on a train, is just ugly.

Neil