Why Is Graffiti Illegal?
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A number of cities do invest in graffiti walls, however I don't like the idea of crap graffiti. Where people just tag and it looks horrible.
I prefer real aerosol art, paintings done by spray paint etc. They look kool and work best when the people who own the building say "we want someone to do this"
I prefer real aerosol art, paintings done by spray paint etc. They look kool and work best when the people who own the building say "we want someone to do this"
Ever sat at a train and watched a parade of fifty penises go by?
Again, it's a problem of a few tools ruining everything for everyone.
Again, it's a problem of a few tools ruining everything for everyone.
Because, well me personally, I do not like the look of some dicks name splashed on a fence with black paint, or some retard tagging initials onto trees and sidewalks. If all graffiti was like those really artistic types, then I would have no problem with it; but point is that roughly 90% is just garbage.
Tagging is stupid as hell and should be illegal. I just don't understand the point of it.
Beautiful graffiti is awesome to see, and I like to run into it. My personal favourite was on the side of a building. It was a wet paintbrush that had drawn a streak, it started at the curb, went across the sidewalk and up the wall.
Beautiful graffiti is awesome to see, and I like to run into it. My personal favourite was on the side of a building. It was a wet paintbrush that had drawn a streak, it started at the curb, went across the sidewalk and up the wall.
Well said there. I second that.Soylent Bacon said:
Dealing with aesthetics when it comes to legal issues is even stickier than the subjective concept of obscenity...
We're watching Exit Thru the Gift Shop in film, so I get where you're coming from, but there's a difference between graffiti and urban art.
One is normally petty, gang-related, or just for gigles.
And the other is trying to make a statement.
CAPTCHA: NRA thillati
...what?
One is normally petty, gang-related, or just for gigles.
And the other is trying to make a statement.
CAPTCHA: NRA thillati
...what?
I don't know, let me grab a few spray cans and graffiti your property, and see what you think. By the way, I'm a piss poor artist.
Well, I would guess it's illegal because if you don't make it illegal to change the aesthetic of a surface you don't own without permission, then it could be anything from genuinely good art (something like what Banksy does) or just tripe and gang related stuff.
I think what would be really cool though is if you had the state commission artists, or at least permit artists who have applied and demonstrated their abilities and submitted a sample, to decorate public spaces.
I think what would be really cool though is if you had the state commission artists, or at least permit artists who have applied and demonstrated their abilities and submitted a sample, to decorate public spaces.
I've seen some graffiti make for an interesting scene, and a lot more with hate speech and the like.
As such, I think there is no clear way to define the law in a fair, just manner in which graffiti for an artistic purpouse can be achieved without it being misconstrued.
As such, I think there is no clear way to define the law in a fair, just manner in which graffiti for an artistic purpouse can be achieved without it being misconstrued.
Typical cats, always asking questions.
That would be because we live in a capitalist society where property is worth more than lives. I don't really see why people complain that it looks ugly. It's not hurting anyone and I'd rather see AHSAIR WAZ HERE on the side of a bus stop compared to DRINK COKE.
That would be because we live in a capitalist society where property is worth more than lives. I don't really see why people complain that it looks ugly. It's not hurting anyone and I'd rather see AHSAIR WAZ HERE on the side of a bus stop compared to DRINK COKE.
On the surface, its illegal because vandalizing other people's property is a crime, but the real reason its illegal is because governments and corporations are mad that you didn't pay handsome sums of money to have your work shown to the public (See: billboards).
If someone doesn't want graffiti on their stuff and someone puts it there, the owner has been wronged. It's as simple as that, regardless of the graffiti's content. If someone wants people to put graffiti on their stuff, maybe they could make that known, but allowing anyone to spray-paint crap onto anything they want is very understandably illegal.
There's a difference between the art and the other crap. The art does no harm and in my city, they're busy enough with the gang shit to just ignore the art. So it's basically not illegal so long as you contain it to things nobody care about; overpasses, the backs of highway signs, the abandoned freight cars, abandoned billboards. If no one cares about it and it's flat, you can use it as your canvas, just so long as no one owns it.