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Don’t tell me I don’t understand tags because I didn’t have good art appreciation classes. I have. (Unlike the idiot who remarked to coming across a Picasso in the 16th- or 17th-century “stuff.” Any form of intelligent life would know that Picasso was never around those centuries.) And I will admit to seeing graffiti that displays talent. But unless that person was given permission to paint on the surface, it still exists as vandalism.
An interesting point on the distinct difference between real art and graffiti is art appreciates in value while graffiti lowers the value of the neighborhood. This usually defeats the low self-esteem problem these kids have to begin with. They complain they live in subclass communities and then they continue to trash it even more. That’s not only contradictory, it’s stupid.
