Some tagger mark "their" territory with graffiti similar to other animals who mark their territories by urinating or defficating. I equate the two. Obviously, I am not a fan of graffiti. It is counter-productive in every sense of the word, a waste of money and talent, but it is a reality.
I am truly disgusted by the use of dollars needed to clean up this garbage that could go to help the very people doing this, and it always bothers me that the poor and oppressed don't have enough money to feed their children, but still can afford to buy cases of spray paint and boxes of bullets in order to "express" themselves. I know, not all taggers are "poor and oppressed" but that seems to be the areas that get tagged the most and where the most people are shot for little or no reason.
By definition modeling is: "a miniture representation of an existing object" and therefore if someone chooses to model that era or areas in which graffiti is prevelent, then by all means, go for it. That is their choice. Will I ever put graffiti on my railroad? Probably not. But even being as opposed to it as I am, if I am going to be true to what I am modeling, then I should be able to include it because it is there, not because I approve of it.
Don
I am truly disgusted by the use of dollars needed to clean up this garbage that could go to help the very people doing this, and it always bothers me that the poor and oppressed don't have enough money to feed their children, but still can afford to buy cases of spray paint and boxes of bullets in order to "express" themselves. I know, not all taggers are "poor and oppressed" but that seems to be the areas that get tagged the most and where the most people are shot for little or no reason.
By definition modeling is: "a miniture representation of an existing object" and therefore if someone chooses to model that era or areas in which graffiti is prevelent, then by all means, go for it. That is their choice. Will I ever put graffiti on my railroad? Probably not. But even being as opposed to it as I am, if I am going to be true to what I am modeling, then I should be able to include it because it is there, not because I approve of it.
Don