Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Why Graffiti?

I was walking through Jackson Park the other day with my dog, Zigi and was really impressed with all the trail improvements. I was really un-impressed with all the graffiti I saw. A door to a storage area on a restroom building looked like it had been pried open with a crowbar. I've never understood graffiti and I've certainly never understood defacing someone else's property; government property included. I know our world isn't fair. I know kids get bored. I know self expression is one of the things that makes our country great. But, really, graffiti? Etching your name in a fence post? Spray painting a door? I've always wondered what goes through someones' head when they vandalize someone else's property. Do these people destroy their own things or is it just other peoples? I am so grateful I have never been bored enough to think about being destructive. I am even more grateful I had adults around me that taught me right from wrong. I can almost hear my Dad saying something like, 'Hey, if you want to do THAT, go ahead but do it to your own stuff'- Probably referring to cutting one of my sisters doll's hair or something.
When I think about public property being destroyed or damaged it makes me sad. Don't we all deserve public places to enjoy? What makes one person or a group of people so self righteous that destruction is ok? I guess I have a lot of questions for certain people in this world. -
And not a big shock, all those questions start with 'Why'.....

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