Vandalism

Why do you call it vandalism when the graffiti gives life to the area and brightens it up. Graffiti is one of the most popular art forms. The subculture surrounding graffiti has existed for several decades, and is still going strong. The reason I support graffiti is because it allows the artist to express themselves in an artistic way instead of stealing, doing drugs or joining a street gang. That’s how some people like to express themselves it also keeps them out of trouble like stealing or…

living off of it to the many people that consider it to be pure vandalism. The conflict here is the beauty of most graffiti in comparison to what many would consider just a way to ruin the current more respectable forms of street art. This originated as a way for someone to get a certain message out to “…the widest cross-section of the population” (Riechers) but has evolved into something on its own completely. Whether the view is vandalism or artwork, graffiti as a whole will always be found on…

users causes the decrease in the shoppers’ number as well as the increase of litter in vandalism, but there is no evidence to prove the causality. This is a classic case of logical fallacy. Too many other factors may affect the reasoning as well. For example, did the writer consider that the reason of the decreased number of shoppers was the fact that there was an increase in the amount of litter and vandalism? Accordingly, they might be the reason for the slow business in Central Plaza, and not…

billboards and highways which are known to be graffiti. Graffiti is known as designs on public or private property’s walls. Which gives these artists a way of expressing themselves to society. This type of art can be understood in different ways such as vandalism by some and art by others. Although many artist are talented and spend plenty of time on their pieces, society has labeled them as delinquents who damage properties and visually pollute communities. Art has been part of our life since…

culture, were alive in the present day. Then suppose that one of these famous artists decided to make a masterpiece on the side of the house or on your wall in your neighborhood. Would Leonardo or Monet’s masterpiece be considered graffiti art or vandalism (Stowers)? Graffiti is a writing or drawing scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place (Oxford Dictionaries). There are those that would consider graffiti not to be art and to be nothing more than…

feel that their communities are out of control because of the vandalism in their surrounding, which makes Leonie eager to do something about the problem. Discuss the ways in which the writer uses language techniques to convey her opinion and persuade the audience. ( in your answer you should discuss three to four techniques) Leonie has used frustrated tone towards this article as the first sentence she…

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should do so on their own homes” on the otherhand individuals from poorer areas made comments such as “graffiti is art and can be enjoyed publicly”. Henry, (2012) argued that because of these conflicting opinions, the levels of vandalism is affected, increasing vandalism in poor areas and reducing it in wealthy locations. Cohen, (1955) would say that individuals become involved in these crimes due to being part of a sub-culture. The Graffiti movement began in New York during the 1960s and then…

saw these targets as a way to easily save money. Others just saw these abandoned buildings and vehicles as targets for vandalism that wouldn’t physically harm individuals. Finally, the offenders saw this behavior as something that they could get away with. With a lack of capable guardians, nothing and nobody was there to catch them and punish them for their looting or vandalism. The vacant stores had no actual people to prevent these crimes. If stores didn’t have cameras or any form of…

and justice. Anybody who destroys this sacraded item should be fined, and sentenced to prison. Johnson was very fortunate that his actions did not violate the first Amendment, the Supeme Court should of locked him up for a very long time under vandalism. This incident had a bad impact on our society, when our Country watched Jonson get away with it, it became a popular thing to…