In some places, graffiti means "gang activity" as local gangs tag their turf. If you are from such place, then it kinda makes sense to be afraid of graffity.

But where I am from, there are two kinds of graffity:

- Cool elaborate pictures, usually in "legal zones" walls city dedicated to it. They take time to create, hence preference for legal place and are made by artists.

- Less cool stuff created by skinny "edgy" teenagers, who are jerks to the owners, but also completely harmless.

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ggm 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Completely harmless needs contextualising. In gross sense, no: damage to property is not harmless, it has consequences, costs. In personal safety terms sure tagging isn't mugging.

If you're down Proudhon's "all property is theft" then graffiti is a kind of tragedy of the commons. Go ahead. Graffiti the Uffitzi, Nelson's column, the Plaka. Stick it to the man!

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watwut 4 hours ago | parent [-]

My point was that there is nothing to fear of. And yes, I said there that they are jerks to owner. Which they are. But, it is not putting anyone in any kind of danger and there is no reason to be scared.

> If you're down Proudhon's "all property is theft" then graffiti is a kind of tragedy of the commons. Go ahead. Graffiti the Uffitzi, Nelson's column, the Plaka. Stick it to the man!

I honestly don't get what are you on about here. I never seen anyone interpret graffiti as some kind of political statement, unless it is swastika or some such. I genuinely doubt any teenager doing graffiti has any kind of idea about any of those names.

	▲	ggm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		An immense amount of graffiti in Europe is overtly political. And in south America. I know from personal experience. Crete is a hotbed of radicalism and has a massive amount of antizionist graffiti. South America has anti junta statements and support for shining path.

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keiferski 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t understand why people just tolerate graffiti. It’s ugly and makes buildings look worse. Aesthetics matter.

Nothing more irritating that having your apartment building get a fresh coat of paint, look great, and then someone writing scribble tags all over it.