MarkM Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 People have vandalized my school. All it is, is spray paint but it said things that were not for the sixth graders eyes. Words they dont evern know of were spray painted on the wall. Stuffl like naked stick people and Mrs. Boram(our principal) uses pubic musse. Why do people do these things to public places??? Dont you gies think this is just plain wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pressure Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [color=purple]I do it, though not naked stick figures, and not on school grounds unless on the senior shack where it is actually allowed, because I love art. And I find graffitti to be a new, and for me, unexplored branch of art. I keep my graffitti tasteful though, I don't graffitti drugs, needles, gang symbols, naked pictures, or anything else offensive. Unless you consider the anarchy sign offensive and the word 'ELEMENT' offensive, then no I don't do anything offensive. People graffitti offensive things like that to provoke others and bc they simply want some attention. Waste of spraypaint to me. If you are so hellbent on graffitting naked pictures, people should at least do better than a naked stick figure.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu Yu Hakusho! Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 People that do those kinds of things aren't exactly what you would call "good people" if you know what I mean. They proably already have problems of their own. They're just rude and trashy, I'll say. Naked stick figures....now THAT is messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sui Generis Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Theres two different types of graffitti I think.... The really artistic kind. Personally I really enjoy seeing it all over a city. It makes the city seem more alive. However when they have the stupid immature drawings, its a waste of spray paint and time. I hate it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 well there are two types of tagging. one type is art. its a great thing. like on trains wall under bridges etc. and i like that. i mean i live by railroad tracks and i see it all the time and its kinda cool to see others art. then there is redicolous type of tagging which is to draw attention and/or to make others mad. i dislike that kind of "art". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [color=red][b]People do it to attract attention to themselves. It's stupid.[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 yeah i love graffiti but not profane graffiti i mean any idiot can draw i stick figure that is naked i mean c'mon whats the point of drawing something with no talent or effort and as a graffiti artist i feel the person doing this is ruining their reputation and bank account i mean it cost money to buy paint!!! but graffiti actual graffiti now there is something worth talking about ... my tag is "MINT" does anyone else have a tag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [color=red] School is where I have gained all of my intellect, and it is all in and a wonderful place. Although school will not teach you many lessons in life, it does give you a know of what you like and want to do when you become an adult. To spray paint a school is to say that one does not want to accept life, and it also says that one is hating of life and disrespectful. So yes, I do think it is bad. What grade were these kids in, or did they even find them? To do something like that is pure ignorance and disrespect.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Stitch [/i] [B]this is ruining their reputation and bank account i mean it cost money to buy paint!!![/B][/QUOTE] Don't assume they bought it.. if they're as bad as they seem to be, they could have stole it, either from a shop or from their parents.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [size=1]You know what the best part of my school year has been thus far? Graffiti. On a small area where no one cares, and will never spaz about or paint over or try to get ride of....the back of the drama set. There are songs, poems, drawings, designs, jokes, taglines, conversations, and what I can only describe as advice columns. It's the neatest thing. ^_^[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegeta rocker Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 That is so dumb, at least show some artistic talent when you do that. Well don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Heh, I bet that the same people who did this, were the same ones who drew on walls with crayons as children and weren't chastised ^^;; But, um, yeah, graffiti for all intents and purposes can be a good thing. There are some really down trodden neighborhoods with collapsing housing and burnt-out factories. Instead of doing drugs in these crubling structures, unfortunate youth in the area pick up a can and pour their feelings out in the form of art. When people do these things on public places or cars, they're simply being vandals. These individuals are the ones that put up crude imagery and profanity. In a way, they do it for attention, but rarely would they ever sign their own name and suffer the consequences. Blech. Tastless, really. So, yeah, of course it's wrong when they use graffiti to vandalize and humiliate people. But, they'll probably get caught. Principal Skinner even caught Bart Simpson a few times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circ Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by vegeta rocker [/i] [B]Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. [/B][/QUOTE] Neat one... And oh so true... :rolleyes: I actually like artistic graffitis too. However, what Hot Head is talking about is plain vandalism. There is lots of thos things (using pen, pencils, cutters etc.) in my college's toilets. It's awfull, and awfully stupid-looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidane11 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 People who do those kinds of things are just plain messed up. What's the point of it anyways? It buggs me a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Circéus [/i] [B]I actually like artistic graffitis too. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=red][b]There is no such thing as artistic graffiti. graffiti; n : a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or wall If it is art, it is not graffiti[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [size=1][url=http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=graffiti]graffiti[/url] [b]graffiti[/b]--[i]n. pl[/i] ([i]sing.[/i] [b]graffito[/b]) writing or drawing scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a surface. [Italian [i]graffio[/i] a scratch] I'm sure you are aware there is more tha one definition. This one comes from my [i]Oxford Dictionary of Current English[/i], Revised Second Edition, copyright 1996. ^^ It's also the dictionary I've rarely been seen without for the last five years. And I linked to Dictionary.com, simply because they have a lovely etymological history of the word. [I saw your definition there as well. ;)][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{Angel}Healer Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 [quote]Theres two different types of graffitti I think.... The really artistic kind. Personally I really enjoy seeing it all over a city. It makes the city seem more alive. However when they have the stupid immature drawings, its a waste of spray paint and time. I hate it...[/quote] I agree, my school, greatfully, has only the artistic graffiti. I see very little trash graffiti, but when I do I will destroy what i can and tell cops/parents/janitor about the rest. Whoever these kids are, they have some motive-some more tiwisted than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyLynn Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 People do it becuase then they think they are "bad" or "cool" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkM Posted November 14, 2002 Author Share Posted November 14, 2002 No they do it for that art of it. I like going downtown (to detrioit) and seeing all the grafitti that there is. Its so cool to see peoples tags and how they express them-selfs and leave an imprint of them-selfs in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Not everyone does it just for art. They do it because it's considered vandalizing. There are two sides to everything. I know plenty of people that do it in places where they are actually allowed to, and in that situation I don't see the problem. A lot of it is well done, and I like the designs. Good grafitti looks more like a mural than anything really. However, when I'm taking the el to downtown Chicago, I see people's crap sprayed over nearly every roof there is. A lot of it isn't even a well designed tag... It's just some simple words or gang signs. It all depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 [size=1]When I was little, and we lived out in a small town around Racine [really small], whenver we'd go to certain places, we'd pass under this railroad bridge. There was a Heathcliffe--you know, the orange cat?--spraypainted on there. I thought it was the coolest thing. It was there for years and years and years, and then a little while ago, the city just took some ugly grey paint and went over the whole thing. Broke my heart.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genkai Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 sometimes people convey a meaningful message through graffiti.. though not a whole lot of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{Angel}Healer Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 true genkai, i think that it depends on the persons background to whether they put in a message or jsut want to put up some s*** to annoy people or get indirect attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hikaru Ichijyo Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Well Spraypainting on any property that is not your is certainly wrong and punishable unless certain permission is giving to you. I'm pretty sure the students or who ever did this act of vandilism did it for attention. Most of the time attention seekers do those sort of things especially young people -_-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Musahi Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 [size=1]Well, well, well. In a way I agree about the whole spraypainting is art thing, simply because some of it is. :p But to do it on others property is downright wrong. In U.S. History a few weeks ago we discussed an article in the local paper about this subject. I think it was called "The Aerosol Angel". Some guys dad totally supports his son's illegal activities. :) He goes around painting over other graffiti so his son can use. I find that very strange.....[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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