Some of our nation's park land, including irreplacable gems such as Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, is increasingly becoming a target for taggers (people who create grafitti, generally with spraypaint). Trees, rocks, cliffs, waterfalls -- nothing seems to be sacred.
Read more about this issue in the
L.A. Times article, "
Smear tactics -- Graffiti is a growing part of the landscape as taggers deface parks and canyons"
For more discussion on the topic, visit the
related MetaFilter.com discussion
Your thoughts? I've seen this type of graffiti in everything from state and national parks to even some that is plainly, and painfully,
visible from the air during our general aviation flights around Texas.
My belief is that it's not art if it's done without the land or property owner's consent. It's not art, for example, if I take a spraypaint can or key and mark up someone's car or storefront. I wish everyone who does this type of thing would exercise their minds for one moment. What they do defaces something that we all own -- parks belong to all of us, and future generations -- so no one has the right to treat them as though they're our own personal canvas/backyard/junk yard.
Linear Mode
