1970s stock footage - graffiti 2

many of our historic sites and National Treasures have been affected the defacement of public property has been termed a National Disgrace a good question at this point is why do people do it the motivations for graffiti are many love bravado or even humor but the motivations are not always so innocent graffiti may be hateful in insightful or radical some experts say that graffiti is one way adolescen have to express their identities they say this isn't really any different than putting titles on doors of offices or Monograms on things that we own perhaps some of it is an attempt to be unique however another strong reason for graffiti seems to be peer pressure in other words some of it's done to show the other kids you're not afraid to do it or merely to show how many times you can do it or if you can put it on inaccessible places but in still other cases graffiti is used as a way to Mark the territory or communicate in Street language other graffiti Rises out of anger resentment and psychological disturbance in any event it reveals a great deal about the artists personality the school board and the principal have approved your request to decorate the school walls providing you submit your plans to the students for a referendum vote so what do you want to do well if they really mean it why don't we go mod what do you mean by mod you know Deo colors wild designs graffiti anything that we want why graffiti because it's groovy it's where it's at that's not where it's at with me I see graffiti in my neighborhood all the time and I don't like it if you want that kind of junk you take it to your own neighborhood what kind of wall do you want I like murals black art pretty things not profanity seems we're not in agreement there's this about graffiti it often starts a debate obviously graffiti is a lot of different things and it certainly can be a problem problem there are many approaches to solving it to combat the epidemic of graffiti on subway trains some cities have begun to buy them already decorated it is also used on buildings and fences this idea of imitation graffiti sometimes called walls of pride is executed by artists some experts say this encourages rather than discourages more graffiti where it isn't wanted others have tried to control graffiti by allowing it to be applied in specific places many think that this is a good answer but others say graffiti is only satisfying if you have to write and run schools have met the problem in a number of ways everything from security guards to poster campaigns some schools require parents to pay for the damages other s have attempted to solve the problem by architectural means or use of materials which are easily cleaned I think the punishment should fit the crime and those who create the graffiti should be required to clean it up I think the answer comes from Pride because if you're proud of your school you ask others not to deface it kids who write on toilet walls have psychological problems Let's help them straighten out their heads I believe we should attack the problem and not the symptoms we should give the kids a chance to establish a territory or reinforce their identity we should give them the responsibility to clean up a block in their neighborhood or to plant a tree or to paint a useful s and whatever they do it should bear their names proudly a lot of kids get themselves over a graffiti phase by doing something instead of one day they decide that it's more fun to use their talents where they'll be appreciated it's not that drawing on a wall somewhere is always such a bad thing but it's not really a good thing either the point is that you can get pretty much the same kick and better recognition in other ways the solution to the problem of graffiti then seems to lie within each of us young people have to decide if this is the kind of decorated World they want to live in for a time there was a Certain Romance attached to Graffiti it was something one did to declare oneself against Authority like funky old clothes long hair and hip talk after a while graffiti wasn't so different anymore there was so much of it and it was used for so many political purposes it was boring besides many kids began to find it a Discord how could you honestly support the environment and be a graffiti polluter even if you only write environmental slogans you are part of the problem not the solution oh sure seeing your name or something you wrote on the wall might make you feel like somebody for a time but is that the kind of somebody you want to be drawing graffiti is a little like getting a tattoo after the thrill of doing it is passed it begins to hurt and the results stay with you for a long long time think it over is graffiti fun or is it dumb hey is it fun or just dumb yes either it's fun or just dumb you know there are kids in school some of them Break The Rules hey is it fun or just dumb maybe what they're doing funny maybe it may look that way but maybe if it's costing money I wonder what it'll cost who going to pay hey is it fun or just dumb yes either it's fun or justb either it's fun or justb