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"vandalism why do it?"

the streets today are coverd with spraypaint and burntout cars left on them i thought to my self why do it? whats the point? i was walking past my local park and i noticed there was grafiti all over the place, four years ago when i moved in near the park there was a train there made of wood but vandals burnt it all the while and written on with there so called tags and some of them said luke wos ere 2001. i kept thinking, thats stupid why do it? if someone can spend all their there life writting on walls whats the point of living. There is also racist remarks on walls alswel. i also thought about the spraypaint and where they get it from they probaly nick it from a shop or something. i saw one gang and they were smashing windows and setting fire to little kids toys like the slide and the swings. one park took all the toys off now its just a plain of grass there used to be slide swings climbing frame and a big wheel. some people do not give a dam about the streets and the places around them and what they look like. the point im trying to make is if you do vandalise you must be sad, even the school i go to has to have security cameras to stop the kids grafiting on the mobiles. they even had the cheek to write "pervs" on the windows in blak paint. our school is the most untidy school in the whole of leicester. The whole comunity needs to have more respect of their place and where they live.

I blame townies. I mean think about it, when have you ever seen a load of goths or greebos smashing something up or mugging some poor kid/bloke/old lady? I never have.

Dr Giblets wrote:
> ®eynolds wrote:
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sure you do

bah there isnt really any point in complaining about it, i mean we are virtually powerless to stop it, and unless of course it something slightly more serious like a car being broken into the police wont pay much attention to it.

i live on the top of a steep hill, and after every friday and saturday night the salt boxes will have been turned over and the fence has been kicked in. personally it does'nt bother me and as long as those petty little gimps stay away from my neighbourhood then i'll be happy.

Quinty

®eynolds wrote:
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I accept cheques and most major credit cards.

That's ok! Even though I didn't reply...

thanks for your replies

®eynolds wrote:
> i guess none of you care about the vandalism in your area

Why should anyone care. There's nothing anyone can do about it, its always going to be there. I guess I'm just lucky that I live in an area with little vandalism.

®eynolds wrote:
> i guess none of you care about the vandalism in your area

Nah not really. Cos I used to do street art I was pretty good. But then people went over my stuff and started all fights so i quit.

And i agree i smash up my local park with mates, I dont wanna seem the chicken who done wanna break the law so I do it to show erm wrong.

And cos i hate the people who run it so it's kinda my revenge :)

Redpath

Some of my 'friends' go out writing on the streets at night or whatever, and spend all day sketchin' on their note paper in school and not learning anything.
"this is heavy"
"ahh, that is a ill sketch, the e is sick"
"you guys are fools"

now, i know why they do it, it's becuase it makes them feel big and important by reachin' all over the place, and leaving their mark in places so people will see it and respect or something, but in reality, what they think looks 'ill' really just looks messy and crap.
vandals do this stuff because they think it's cool and all their friends will respect them, and also because they have no respect for anyone else's property.

I haven't seen much in the way of graffiti in my area, just a few lewd messeges pened onto bus shelters and the like. I haven't seen much in the way of any other form of vandalism either, just a few busted up bus shelter and a couple of bins which have been knocked over.

Going back to the origanal point though, there is no point in vandalism, but the majority of people who do things like this are young teenagers who don't give a feck. They don't care whether or not destroying public property will result in more tax payers money being spent to clear up their mess.