Give them charcoal and paper
Writing by treason on Saturday, 26 of August , 2006 at 3:59 pm
“I am amazed, o wall, that you have not collapsed and fallen, since you must bear the tedious stupidities of so many scrawlers.”
– Graffiti discovered on a wall in Pompeii, preserved for two thousand years under volcanic ash
Local teens are angry (of course they are — they live in the number 14 city) because the mayor has given the big thumb’s down to their upcoming graffiti contest. This is the same mayor who ended the city’s relationship with COPS because the show was making the city look bad. Truth be told, it wasn’t the show that made the city look bad - our criminals made the city look bad.
Anyway, this mayor has been waging a war against graffiti and, like episodes of COPS, doesn’t want any seen. Wall scrawl suggests gang activity, crime, and a certain lack of community pride. No contest, then, that might encourage such behavior.
I might have disputed this decision except that I saw these teens’ protest signs. If these kids were trying to make the argument that graffiti is art and a healthy form of self-expression, they didn’t win me over with their crappy signs.
Children, take an art class.
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