... is not vandalism. Graffiti is vandalism because it is ruining the property, public and private. It makes public property useless by covering up street signs, and ruining property with carvings. "These wild-boy tribes have decorated virtually everything along the route or bus bench, an on-ramp sign, billboards, murals, trees, utility boxes, mayoral candidates' signs, the vast concrete canvas of the ... a violent kind of life for graffiti artists because sometimes gangs confront the artists and hurt them for tagging on their turf. Finally, tagging develops a sense of bad behavior by encou...

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