Graffiti, Art or Crime Options

[k0deznskinz]

Are you wiht graffiti?, do you take it as art or as crime?
i hope this topic hasnt been started already

[StarlitxFrosT]

depends where I guess.
If it's an abandoned building it could be art, if it's like a school or business, then it would be crime.
Thats how I see it.

[Chaos13]

i call it art. its amazing how talented people are. crime? if its somewhere in a wwrong place with bad stuffings...stuffings?

[`SWTWiNKLE3YES]

depends where I guess.
If it's an abandoned building it could be art, if it's like a school or business, then it would be crime.
Thats how I see it.

just wat i had in my mind. EVERY SINGLE year in my school there is some kind of big graffiti on the lockers or the bathroom. i take that as crime. but if its on like city buildings and i guess its not a crime?

[racoons > you]

^^

what other peeps have said. the style of grafiti is art, but when inappropriately placed, its crime

[heyyfrankie]

it depends on what the graffiti is and where it is. =/
i think it looks really cool but whenever it is written all over a city or town, it looks kinda bad.

[*xcaitlinx*]

graffiti. because u see it under bridges and on public property where it's illegal...its so sad how they make it look trashy...even though it's supposedly a form of "art".

i think this should be moved to debate.

[HongKongDong]

I do graffitti myself

I see it as art, crime? Sure, if its placed somewhere wheres its not supposed to be.

[xj_liana_tx]

i want to l earn to do grafiti.. they look so cool

[inthemudhole]

There isn't much of a graffiti problem here.
Yeah, there is some on the trains and on a few old buildings downtown, but it's not an issue.
Hm..
I think it is both an art and a crime, because you're defacing someone else's property, but it also could be seen as art from someone else's perspective.

[HongKongDong]

^^Being that I used to live in LA I used to see a lot of graffitti, now that I live in the OC I see... none, at all, boring.

I don't do graffitti on any property, when im bored I just pop out a piece of paper or something and start doing it on that.

And Jay, you can do graffitti if you have a creative mind, because you dont learn how to do it. You just do it.

[inlove_w_boardin...]

both........i think graffiti is wrong on public property and peoples personal stuff like thier houses lol

[Teesa]

both..I remember watching a graffiti video in my pottery class, and it just depends on who's perspective it is. First I thought it was a crime only, but some of it actually is really nice and has lots of meaning into it..rather than someone who just puts their initials in graffiti on a building.

[xXirockhardXx]

I think its art. But like everbody else said it depends where its at that makes it a crime or not.

[ohBrian]

for those punks its arts, also for me.

[sandy_lumpy_shor...]

i think it art, but sometimes the "art" and really offfend people

[Ballpointpencil]

It is a crime. That isn't to say that sometimes it couldn't be considered art, just that it shouldn't be done somewhere like a school building. Get permission from someone, instead of drawing "art" somewhere where someone is going to have to take hours to get it off.

[yukichan]

it depend on where it is...like if its ur own stuff with u doing that then its art...but if its on public property then i think its a crime...my school gets graffiti from our so called "enemy" school...its really annoying...

[pAtRiCk_sTar]

It's crime in my view. I mean, if it was on paper, or on the peoples' own houses, or on somewhere where they're actually allowed to do it, then it's art. Most of the time it's unwanted, and private property, or just not their property.

[laur3nw]

It really depends where it's done. Obviously, if it's not on your property, then it's a crime. At least that's how I see it.

[zbrittanyz]

Any graffiti on property where you don't have the owner's permission is a crime. And so is tagging. I hate that. But most graffiti I see as being an expression of yourself and what you're feeling. I know a lot of people that are really talented at it.

[osidepinay33]

depends where it is.. and maybe what it says

[ilauqh]

depends where I guess.
If it's an abandoned building it could be art, if it's like a school or business, then it would be crime.
Thats how I see it.

i agree. and what it says. if it's something bad, i dont really think it shud count as art.

[*salcha*]

crime-if it's scribbled all over private property; contains inappropriate words

[jenika]

i think it depends on what kind of graffiti it is...if its like just tagging your name all over the place or if you like mess up other peoples property then its a crime...but i guess you can call it art if its actually like something meaningful...like a picture of some sort...iernoo