1970s stock footage - graffiti 1

[Music] [Music] no hey is it fun or just dumb yes either it's fun or just dumb you know there are some of them Break The Rules hey is it fun or justb why does it happen that some some of the students make trouble everywhere and never seem to care hey is it fun or just dumb maybe what they doing fny maybe it may look that way but baby if it's costing money I wonder what it'll cost who going to pay hey is it fun or just dumb yes either it's fun or just dumb are they big here are only big Zer either it's fun or justb either it's fun or just [Music] thumb hey what are you doing there uh nothing that's my wall you're writing on I didn't heard it any you're defacing the wall look man it's already written on why pick on me I know you now either I call the police or you clean the whole wall by definition graffiti simply means writing or pictures scratched or inscribed on a Surface the term was first applied to the ancient drawings found on the walls of caves in any of and graffiti is as old as civilization some of it is highly prized as a reflection of the culture from which it came even our founding fathers indulged in graffiti George Washington's initials can still be seen on the rocks at Natural Bridge recently some have labeled graffiti art and indeed it can be attractive amusing and interesting often graffiti is encouraged as decoration on certain walls fences and sidewalks it has even inspired art and literature on the other hand by almost any standards much graffiti is ugly some of it distasteful and a little of it offensive one needs only to visit any major city to realize that the Advent of spray can enamel and magic marker Pens have given rise to a New Look To America which Delights some and disturbs many young people must decide is graffiti fun or is it dumb the most famous and perhaps the most controversial graffiti is that blanketing the New York City subway system one view is that subway graffiti too is a kind of art and worthy of praise it certainly does change the appearance of an off and dve setting yet graffiti here is a definite safety hazard and needless expense the cost to the New York Subway system alone exceeds $2 million per year the expense is born through higher prices apart from the costs are the risks of being caught and the danger of injury a number of wouldbe artists have been hurt by subway cars and electric shops nationally schools are frequent targets of graffiti although seen in virtually every area it seems to be most concentrated in the inner cities and older neighborhoods one reason it is not often found in the suburbs is that it is quickly removed when it appears no one knows how much is spent totally on the correction of graffiti but it is estimated that in schools alone the cost runs into tens of millions of dollars until a few years ago graffiti was limited primarily to alleys vacant buildings and fences today it appears almost everywhere not even works of art are spared nor is the natural environment immune graffiti is everywhere I think graffiti is neat it's all way to communicate graffiti is sneaky D when people think nobody is watching I can't see the fun or honesty in that besides what they write is neither art nor literature some forms of graffiti may be highly destructive 10 years ago such damage to works of art was rare now it is common worldwide and the hate graphiti once despised here but seen in other countries now appears too often in America