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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
For me it's not as much about what kind of graffiti it is, but rather where it is. I don't care much about stuff like back alleys, the sides or rear of commercial buildings, industrial sites, bridge under/over passes, culverts etc. But I don't want to see anything on or in transit vehicles, shelters or terminals, private houses, or the front of business. Well, unless the business proprietors don't seem to mind. A business in Kensington market or some place probably doesn't care much. But I don't care how beautiful or creative a mural it is, if it's on the side of a subway, bus or commuter train I am pissed. I also don't care to see it on public infrastructure like street signs, post boxes, and electrical substations but that's less an issue than the first category.
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I part company with you, friend, on your partial acceptance of it. To me, tagging (as distinct from creative graffiti) is, like littering, and expression of an antisocial disposition. It befouls its surroundings. And leaving it in place, as with litter, encourages the degradation of its surroundings. Kind of like the old Broken Window theory.
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