I like the art, but why do graffiti writers tag things all over town? Why don they just quit doing that since police and property owners hate it so much?
Schmoo: Many people have the urge to write their names places to commemorate being there. People don’t get upset when they hear stories of “Kilroy was Here” or kids scratching in Janet + Joe on a tree. But somehow when writing gets associated with the city, and kids from all races and backgrounds get together to express themselves in some rebellious way right in the face of everyone, it gets associated with evil. Then officials feel the need to go over graffiti with plain flat paint. The thing that they don’t understand is that they are expressing themselves just as much as we are when we put our name or crew up. Unfortunately they don’t have the creativity that we do. Celtic: We do it to so we can get respect from other graf writers. Usually it’s the newer writers who tag all over. This is because they only know how to write up and they are still learning how to write with skills — it just takes a while for the kids to learn, that’s all.
